13
Jun
From Book to Screen: A Conversation with André Aciman & Debra Granik
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Moment
Is the movie as good as the book? Often, the answer to this perennial question is a flat “No.”
12
Jun
The Five Books Project
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We asked a group of rabbis, scholars, educators, writers, experts and artists to give us their recommendations. This is the first installment of an ongoing project.
12
Jun
DC’s Queer Jewish Community Celebrates Pride
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Dana Gerber
"As a non-binary, queer Jew, we're living our life kind of on the periphery, and navigating our identities on a daily basis."
30
May
Talk of the Table | Simple Salads for Summer Nights
Summer Salad Recipes, Fatoush salad, Charred Eggplant salad, Moroccan carrot, matbucha
29
May
Book Review | Before Heschel Became Heschel
Abraham Joshua Heschel once towered as America’s foremost Jewish public intellectual. In this hour, he might well be the thinker of the hour.
28
May
Book Review | A Jewish Outsider in Paris
Marcel Proust In Search of Lost Time Robert Siegel Review
24
May
Book Review | The World of Aufbau
A review of The World of Aufbau Book by Peter Schrag, written by Jenna Weismann Joselit
23
May
Opinion | Will 2020 Be the Year of ‘Jexodus’?
The party of Trump is a far cry from the party of Reagan. The concern of the Trump base with immigration, like the language of “America First” or the use of tropes favored by white nationalists are not issues that attract American Jews. It is early days, but I suspect the GOP’s hopes will be dashed once again.
23
May
Opinion | Britain’s Anti-Semitism Problem
The United States is not the UK, and the Democratic Party is certainly not the British Labour party. But the echoes of British, left-wing anti-Semitism and a two-camp worldview can be heard on many American college campuses, within extreme-left political groups and even among some American progressives. It reminds us that anti-Semitism in America is not simply the property of the American right.
23
May
Opinion | Who Is a Reform Jew?
How many Reform Jews live in Israel? The proper answer to this question ought to be: Who cares? And yet
30
Apr
The Jewish History of Punk
From its origins with Jewish musicians in the 1970s to modern-day Jewish punk bands, the histories of Jewish culture and punk rock are deeply intertwined.
22
Apr
The Cold War’s Canadian Jewish Spies
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Joyce Wayne
It was August 1943. Only six months earlier the Red Army had defeated the Germans at Stalingrad. That month the first and only representative of the Communist Party to be elected to the Canadian House of Commons won a predominantly Jewish, working class district in Montreal.