02 Nov

History, topics

Should We Remove the "Israel Filter" When Studying the Middle East? It's Worth Trying.

• February 1, 2013
• By Moment
• 6 comments

By Leigh Nusbaum A few weeks ago, my class on the contemporary politics in the Middle East was discussing the domestic future of Syria, particularly when...

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02 Nov

History, topics

Should We Remove the “Israel Filter” When Studying the Middle East? It’s Worth Trying.

• February 1, 2013
• By Moment
• 6 comments

By Leigh Nusbaum A few weeks ago, my class on the contemporary politics in the Middle East was discussing the domestic future of Syria, particularly when...

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28 Oct

Uncategorized

The Shalit Conundrum . . . Or Opportunity

• April 26, 2022
• By Moment
• 1 comment

By Leigh Nusbaum When Gilad Shalit was kidnapped more than five years ago, I was almost 17 years old and en route to Israel for the...

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27 Oct

Culture, Religion

Left-leaning, But Not Left Behind

• October 27, 2011
• By Sala Levin
• 4 comments

by Erica Shaps I am not a rabbinical student. My talit was made in Israel and I recently celebrated my 20th birthday in Jerusalem, not Ramallah....

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18 Oct

Religion

Israeli Holidays: Reaching New Highs

• August 31, 2021
• By Sala Levin
• 2 comments

by Erica Shaps While I gaped at my surroundings with shock and wonder, my Yom Kippur hosts smiled at me with amusement and understanding. Since they...

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14 Oct

Uncategorized

Yom Kippur, Israel and Turkey

• February 1, 2013
• By Moment
• 2 comments

By Leigh Nusbaum There is a saying in my High Holy Day siddur, the Gates of Repentance, that says, “For transgressions against God, the Day of...

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12 Oct

Uncategorized

A Jewish New Year Resolution: Scaling Back Our Use of the “D” Word

• February 1, 2013
• By Moment
• 0 comments

By Leigh Nusbaum This is not a salvo—this is a challenge. This past year, both Jewish and secular, has been an incredible conundrum for Jews in Israel...

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06 Sep

Uncategorized

The Jew With Two "Beards"

• September 6, 2011
• By elisniv
• 1 comment

By Steven Philp To their neighbors they look like every other Orthodox Jewish couple, a man and woman married for five years with two children in...

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06 Sep

Uncategorized

The Jew With Two “Beards”

• September 6, 2011
• By navid
• 2 comments

By Steven Philp To their neighbors they look like every other Orthodox Jewish couple, a man and woman married for five years with two children in...

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30 Aug

Uncategorized

Egypt on the Edge

• August 30, 2011
• By elisniv
• 4 comments

By Adina RosenthalTensions in the Middle East have sadly reached a familiar high.  Recently, Gaza militants ambushed Israeli vehicles in southern Israel near Eilat, killing...

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12 Aug

Uncategorized

The AJC, the Supreme Court and Jennifer Rubin

• August 12, 2011
• By Sala Levin
• 1 comment

by Theodore Samets Jennifer Rubin is angry. Really, really angry. What’s got Rubin, one of the loudest right-wing voices on Israel in the United States, with her perch...

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12 Aug

Culture, topics

Israel Takes on Wikimania

• August 12, 2011
• By Sala Levin
• 1 comment

by Charles Kopel “Education is a human right,” declared Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director Sue Gardner to an applauding crowd of six hundred last week in the...

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