Judaism

Un Village Français

Tangled in the Garden of Good and Evil Tangled in the Garden of Good and Evil

A French television program tackles the tough questions of compliance and resistance.

Sep 4, 2018 / Norman Solomon

Philip Roth couch

The Death of Philip Roth’s ‘Lox and Bagels’ Judaism The Death of Philip Roth’s ‘Lox and Bagels’ Judaism

The novelist’s life tracked the rise and fall of a golden age of secular American Jewry.

Jun 20, 2018 / Column / Eric Alterman

Norman Podhoretz

What ‘The New York Times’ Missed in Its Piece about Norman Podhoretz What ‘The New York Times’ Missed in Its Piece about Norman Podhoretz

The profile failed to mention the larger historical context in which the former Commentary editor and his contemporaries operated.

Mar 27, 2017 / Norman Birnbaum

university city cemetery

In a Desecrated Cemetery, History Finally Caught Up With Our Family In a Desecrated Cemetery, History Finally Caught Up With Our Family

Jewish graveyards were often violated in the Eastern European villages our grandparents left. Now it’s happened in our suburban hometown.

Feb 27, 2017 / Eric Sandweiss and Martha A. Sandweiss

Suzanne Loebl

I Fled Nazi Germany, and I See Myself in Syrian Refugees I Fled Nazi Germany, and I See Myself in Syrian Refugees

A Holocaust refugee speaks out against Trump’s Muslim ban.

Feb 6, 2017 / Suzanne Loebl

Keith Ellison

Keith Ellison Is No Anti-Semite Keith Ellison Is No Anti-Semite

The candidate for DNC chair is being criticized for taking positions that are perfectly consistent with the views of the majority of American Jews.

Dec 7, 2016 / John Nichols

Donald Trump Speaking

As Long as We’re Taking Note of Trump’s Anti-Semitic Tweeting, Shall We Address His Mussolini Messaging? As Long as We’re Taking Note of Trump’s Anti-Semitic Tweeting, Shall We Address His Mussolini Messaging?

This is not the first time that Trump has been called out for promulgating neo-Nazi and fascist themes.

Jul 6, 2016 / John Nichols

The Odd Couple

The Odd Couple The Odd Couple

Through their editorial work on the writings of Walter Benjamin, Theodor Adorno and Gershom Scholem forged an unlikely friendship.

Jun 9, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Peter E. Gordon

December 31, 1865: The ‘Year of Jubilee’ Ends

December 31, 1865: The ‘Year of Jubilee’ Ends December 31, 1865: The ‘Year of Jubilee’ Ends

“There has probably been no year which the civilized world will have hereafter so much reason to remember.”

Dec 31, 2015 / 150th Anniversary / Richard Kreitner

Shirin Batshon

The War on Women in Israel The War on Women in Israel

Sexist laws and institutions threaten all women in Israel, but Arab women are beset from all sides.

Aug 19, 2015 / Samuel Thrope

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