Shabbat’s Gray Area
by Rebecca Borison
Israeli President Shimon Peres recently announced that he has cancelled his trip to London for the Olympics’ opening ceremony. Why? When he discovered...
Election News Roundup
By Monika Wysocki
Here's a look at a few religion and politics highlights from this week...
The newest front-runner in the wildly unpredictable GOP primary, former Senator...
From the Editor
Nearly three years ago, I met a 90-year-old woman from Cleveland named Eva Rosenberg who told me her story—and that of her late husband Milton...
Whither Israel’s Grand Strategies?
Mainstream Sunni Arab countries—traditionally adversaries of Israel—are now its potential allies
in the struggle against Iran and militant Islam.
One of the signal characteristics of Israel’s security...
Women Get the Front Seat
Israel’s High Court agreed that gender separation on Israeli public buses violated the principles of equality,
individual rights and freedom of religion.
In 2004, I embarked on...
Israel’s Arab Citizens Series: The Arab Glass Ceiling
The overtrained and underemployed among Israel’s Arabs long for a good job—and equal opportunitiesÂ. After
decades of economic inequality, Israelis—Jewish and Arab—are working together to crack the glass.
The Unlikely Emissary
Houda Nonoo, the ambassador to the United States from Sunni-ruled Bahrain, is a Jewish woman. She’s a symbol of the tiny island kingdom’s tolerance and multiculturalism at a time when Shiite demonstrators are demanding economic and political reforms.
Anti-Muslim Discrimination in Post 9/11 America
Muslims have replaced Jews as targets of discrimination
During the 1940s and 1950s, some Jewish scientists were stripped of their security clearances, causing them to lose...
Live from New York, It’s Anthony Weiner
The quick-witted Democratic congressman has rocketed to fame by taking on Republicans with gusto. But when it comes to Israel, this hardcore liberal—who is married to a Muslim-American—is a hawk.
Left-leaning, But Not Left Behind
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....
118 Days in Iran’s Evin Prison
Iranian journalist and filmmaker Maziar Bahari was always fascinated by Jewish history and culture. His torturers made him pay for it.