22 Nov Culture, History, Politics Walking Over to the Other Side of the Pro-Peace Debate February 1, 2013 By Moment 2 comments Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram By Scott Fox Soon after I sat down at my table at a fundraiser sponsored by the local Justice in Palestine chapter, the elderly woman ...Continue reading
02 Nov 2009 May-June, History, International Madagascar: An Almost Jewish Homeland January 29, 2016 By Adam Rovner 7 comments Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram Early Zionists considered this African island as a prospective Jewish homeland. The Nazis wanted to turn it into a large Jewish ghetto. One man searches for Jewish history in a land of fables. Continue reading Pages: 1 2 3 4 5
02 Nov History, Politics, topics Should We Remove the "Israel Filter" When Studying the Middle East? It's Worth Trying. February 1, 2013 By Moment 6 comments Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram By Leigh Nusbaum A few weeks ago, my class on the contemporary politics in the Middle East was discussing the domestic future of Syria...Continue reading
02 Nov History, Politics, topics Should We Remove the “Israel Filter” When Studying the Middle East? It’s Worth Trying. February 1, 2013 By Moment 6 comments Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram By Leigh Nusbaum A few weeks ago, my class on the contemporary politics in the Middle East was discussing the domestic future of Syr...Continue reading
14 Oct History, Politics Yom Kippur, Israel and Turkey February 1, 2013 By Moment 2 comments Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram By Leigh Nusbaum There is a saying in my High Holy Day siddur, the Gates of Repentance, that says, “For transgressions against God, th...Continue reading
23 Sep Culture, Food, History Jane Ziegelman on Food and the American Story June 4, 2013 By Sala Levin 1 comment Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram 97 Orchard, by Jane Ziegelman, tells the story of five immigrant families living on Manhattan's Lower East Side at the turn of the twen...Continue reading
21 Sep Culture, History, topics The Long and Winding Road to Interfaith Dialogue September 21, 2011 By Sala Levin 1 comment Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram by Steven Philp While the media spent the morning of September 11 replaying footage of the terrorist attacks of that day in 2001, small...Continue reading
26 Aug Culture, History In or Out of the Jewish Clubhouse? August 26, 2011 By Sala Levin 1 comment Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram by Theodore Samets “Of the roughly 17,000 guys who’ve played professional baseball, precious few are Jews.” That was how Scott Baranc...Continue reading
17 Aug History, Politics Yizkor Education August 17, 2011 By elisniv 5 comments Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram By Adina Rosenthal British historian Sir Ian Kershaw famously wrote: “The road to Auschwitz was built by hate, but paved with indiffer...Continue reading
09 Aug History, Religion Why Should Zion Mourn? August 9, 2011 By elisniv 7 comments Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram By Adina Rosenthal “The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn assembly; all her gates are desolate… and she herself i...Continue reading