Jewish History

I’m a few years late, but I’ve finally gotten around to starting Professor David Berger’s The Rebbe, the Messiah, and ...

This week, the Jerusalem Post has an op-ed by a former Birthright Israel participant entitled, “What Now?” Struggling with how ...

Thanks to Ben over at reshimu for pointing out this fascinating Haaretz news clip about a Jewish family returning to ...

Let me make it clear from the outset: I think some of these people and groups I am about to ...

Every year the President sends greetings to the Jewish people for Rosh Hashanah. President Bush has been careful to not ...

To commemorate the five-year anniversary of Trembling on the Road, director Sandi Dubowski has launched a campaign to celebrate and ...

I thought it would be a bit odd to have an entire day of posts without mentioning 9/11. On Faith, ...

Rabbi Eric Yoffie’s speech at the Islamic Society of North America conference has been flagged by other Jewish leaders as ...

I’ve often expressed my belief that Jewish triumphalism (be it biblical or theological) is dangerous because it will likely lead ...

-In “Facing the Music� Rabbi Shefa Gold gives a meditation on “Tefilah …Teshuvah … Tzedakah.� (The Shalom Center)-Here’s where that ...

I spent part of the summer in South Africa spending time in the black townships outside Cape Town with an ...

Jewish organizations rarely disband or die. Many that have outlived their original, and even subsequent, missions frequently hang around, eating ...