Jewish History
A Vice President, a Sacred Space
I went home for Shabbat. Home meaning my parents’ house, which despite knowing I shouldn’t — I have an apartment ...
On the Ground Peace Efforts
“The whole idea of Chefs for Peace is to show that here we are, working in one kitchen, Muslim, Christian ...
Hamas in Gaza
Ali Waked reports that the Hamas raid on the Hilles clan compound marks the completion of the June 2007 revolution, ...
West Bank Update
A “large number of lower-level Hamas activists have recently been released from Israeli jails after serving sentences of about five ...
The Syria Update
Jonathan Spyer explains why Syria is in no particular hurry to reach a deal with Israel. (Jerusalem Post)Zvi Bar’el makes ...
Supplementary Education Suffering
This week’s homepage features a “Back to Hebrew School” special, with an article on how to choose the best school ...
A Hairy Situation
As if Agriprocessors/Rubashkin’s isn’t keeping PETA’s hands full enough, Italian animal activists, citing Pope Benedict’s well-known love of cats, are ...
The Madrid Interfaith Parley
Ari Alexander guest blogged from the World Conference on Dialogue in Madrid, organized by the Muslim World League under the ...
Eyes to See with, Photos to Kvell over
Score one (more) for budding innovative technologies in Israel: at Beit Ha’iver, the Center of the Blind, in Herzliya, a ...
The Synagogue Review
A New Jersey Conservative synagogue finds that instrumental music draws crowds for a Friday night service. (NJ Jewish News)Five synagogues ...
The Hope (free mp3!)
My Hasidic father-in-law, after being initiated as the president of his local branch of United Israel Appeal (an organization that, ...
Hostile Games
The Olympics are supposed to be a unifying event, bringing together the world for 17 days of friendly competition. Yet ...