Jewish History
Israel’s Minorities
-In the wake of blast that severely injured 15-year-old youth belonging to their community, Messianic Jews speak out against ill ...
Christians and Jews
-An “observant Catholic with Jewish tendencies, and … a Jew sobered up from a drugged out mysticism� combine to write ...
Women in Israel
-Israel’s parliament is only 14.2% women, ranking it 101 out of 188 countries, even below some Muslim countries like Tunisia ...
Jews & the Disabled
-A look at the treatment of marginal individuals (lepers, the disabled and the mentally ill) in medieval Northern European Jewish ...
Ultra Nomenclature
In the Forward this week, Abbott Katz begins his plea for new Jewish nomenclature with: “Stop calling me an ultra-Orthodox ...
Who’s More Pro-Israel?
I spent this past weekend with 175 Jewish high school students from the New York region of USY. The educational ...
Attitudes Toward the “Other”
-A majority of Israeli public feels religious and secular Jews ought to live in separate neighborhoods. (Ynet)-A new poll looks ...
Iranian Jewry in Political Action
As our homepage article addresses, many Jews from Iran left the country after the 1979 revolution. Those that came to ...
Thin Mints and Jewish Identity
I came across this post from Izzy Grinspan over at Jewcy on the same day that my beloved Tagalong Girl ...
The World of Jewish Education
-Photojournalist Zion Ozeri believes in using photography to teach Jewish values. (NJ Jewish Standard)-The Center for Online Jewish studies has ...
Another One of Israel’s Great Inventions
Israel is known for its technological innovations. In the fields of computers, medicine, and agriculture, the country has produced products ...
Reform Aliyah
-A new documentary focuses on American Jews who visit Israel, “the type of American Jew for whom support of Israel ...