With the dual emergence of new trends in the modern period of Jewish life; Jewish nationalism in the form of Zionism and the increased attention paid by Jews to assimilation, the holiday of Hanukkah, a relatively minor part of the Jewish liturgical calendar has taken on a newly significant role.
Laila El-Haddad’s new book, Gaza Mom: Palestine, Politics, Parenting, and Everything In Between, follows El-Haddad’s…
Todd Gitlin and Liel Leibovitz argue that a renunciation of Jewish, or American, “chosenness” is not only implausible but also undesirable.
I’m about to do a dialogue with David Zellnik, the playwright, about our favorite character, Theodor Herzl. I read Herzl night and day. I adore him and identify with him. He was grand, ambitious, literary and honest with his readers….
Jack Ross takes on Professor Eliav Shuchtman’s belief that Israel should not be a state of all its citizens: The references to Israel not being “a state of all its citizens” as a principle of international law are clearly alluding…