The Top 5 Books
We asked experts and aficionados to recommend their top five books on timely and intriguing subjects—from trends in American Judaism to Jewish romance.
Opinion | We Must Confront the Orbáns of the World
Jews must take the lead in standing up to the Hungarian leader’s anti-Semitism.
Anti-Semitism Monitor 2018
The Anti-Semitism Monitor reports anti-Semitic incidents around the world by country and date on a weekly basis.
Jeremy Corbyn and the Jewdas Seder
The Labor Party leader continues to disappoint and alienate British Jews.
The Danger of Polarizing Anti-Semitism
Don’t let this old-new prejudice become a weapon in partisan politics.
From The Editor | May/June 2018
On my way to the gleaming airport named after him, I wondered what David Ben-Gurion and his fellow pioneers—Israel’s greatest generation—would think of their country today.
How Should Reporters Cover Extremists?
White nationalist Paul Nehlen is preparing to challenge Paul Ryan for his U.S. House seat in Wisconsin’s 1st District for the second time in August.
Author Interview | Jonathan Weisman: On the Front Lines of Anti-Semitism
Let’s spend less time arguing about Israel and more time fighting bigotry in our own backyard.
Book Review | Anti-Semitism and Anti-Zionism in Turkey
Israeli-Turkish relations have dwindled from seemingly warm cooperation to tense tolerance.
A Jewish Artist in Post-Dreyfus Paris
When the 22-year-old Italian Jewish artist Amedeo Modigliani arrived in Paris in 1906, his health was already compromised. He had suffered childhood bouts of pleurisy, had nearly died of typhoid fever at age 11 and had been diagnosed with tuberculosis at 16. In his first years in the City of Light, which was rife with anti-Semitism in the wake of the Dreyfus Affair…
After the Cyber Storm
At last count, Tanya Gersh had received more than 700 threatening, hateful and anti-Semitic messages. Even now, one arrives every few days.
Video | Letter From Whitefish
Since December 2016, the Jews of Whitefish, Montana have received hundreds of hateful, threatening messages. Our reporters checked in on the town six months later.