Israel Takes on Wikimania
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...
A Declaration of Ignorance
By Steven Philp
Republican or Democrat, American Jews inherit a history of progressiveness concerning issues of race and religion. Yet a pledge released by the conservative...
Holy Foreskin, Batman!
By Adina Rosenthal
There is a new superhero on the block. In true Superman fashion, he spends his days as regular citizen Miles Hastwick, but when...
Like a Yellow Star On Our Food
By Steven Philp
Kosher products are a common sight in most American stores; it is an industry that is recognized outside the Jewish community, employing both...
All Converts Go To Heaven: The Case of Elizabeth Taylor
On April 6, 1959 Time Magazine reported the birth “of the most famous and perhaps most beautiful baby,” a Jewish girl named Elishaba Rachel Taylor....
Lessons for Germany's Turks from France's Jews
By Symi Rom-Rymer
In the midst of cheering crowds and booming music at an auditorium in Düsseldorf, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan told his Turkish...
Lessons for Germany’s Turks from France’s Jews
By Symi Rom-Rymer
In the midst of cheering crowds and booming music at an auditorium in Düsseldorf, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan told his Turkish...
Anti-Semitic Auto-complete?
By Symi Rom-Rymer
Journalist Stéphane Foucart posed an interesting question in a recent article in the French daily paper, Le Monde: what can Google tell us...
Czech Out Those Jews: Judaism in the Czech Republic
By Kayla Green
How is it possible to judge the attitude toward Jews in the Czech Republic, a country where Jews have in recent history suffered...
The Catholic Church Changes Gears on Interfaith Relations
By Gabriel Weinstein
Last week a group of twenty cantors from the American Conference of Cantors (ACC) serenaded Catholic officials in Rome with rousing renditions of...
The Self-Loathing Settlers
By Benjamin Schuman-Stoler
The New York Times runs a piece today on settlers who don't believe in the settlements. Yes, that's right:
While the vast majority of...