From the Editor | Learning to Honor Words
I never cease to be amazed by words.
From 2009 | Ask the Rabbis | When Does Life Begin?
Classical Jewish rulings concerning abortion rely primarily on the woman’s instinct, and they respect that until the fetus emerges from the womb, it remains an integral part of the woman’s body alone.
Kyiv Diary 6/24/22: A Masorti Shavuot in Kyiv
Rabbi Reuven Stamov's goal is to create an atmosphere where Jewish people can feel comfortable and united despite the war.
Bulli, In Loving Memory
Bulli was a cherished author and a sweetly avuncular, talkative presence in my life. He became a true friend and intimate interlocutor.
Victimhood in the Land of the Perpetrators
More than 20 years in the making, the Documentation Center for Displacement, Expulsion, Reconciliation aims to initiate a conversation about forced migration in 20th-century Europe.
Opinion | Not Your Grandfather’s Saudi Arabia
If you had told me three years ago that I would be invited to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia for a “Forum on Common Values Among Religious Followers,” I would have asked you what you were smoking.
Opinion | Plundered Palestinian Pastures
Imagine you live in a rural area out West and your neighbors keep trying to drive you off your land.
Opinion | The Jewish Obligation to Ukraine
“Europe is just a graveyard for me,” my Shabbat host told me. Is the history of Jews in Ukraine relevant for Israel's refugee policy today?
Moment Memoir | Certify Me Normal
I tried for years to convince my mother that something was wrong with her. Five sessions with a psychiatrist later, I grew to understand.
Book Review | The Evolution of Tyranny
Thirty years ago, as the Soviet Union was coming apart and its hold on Eastern Europe was loosening, democracy appeared ascendant not just in Europe but worldwide. For advocates of democratic government, the 20th century concluded on a triumphant note. Today that note is a distant, barely audible signal from a bygone era.
The Wisdom Project | Dieter Gruen
Dieter Gruen, 99, shares his life experiences as a scientist, from working on the Manhattan Project during WWII to solar power today.
What Would God Say? A Comedy Date with David Javerbaum and Michael Krasny
How would God spin 21st-century problems? Emmy award-winning comedy writer David Javerbaum, former head writer and executive producer of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, has a few ideas! Javerbaum serves as “God’s ghost writer” in his new book, The Book of Pslams: 97 Divine Diatribes on Humanity’s Total Failure and is a veteran of other “God collaborations”—the Broadway show An Act of God and the popular twitter account @TheTweetofGod. He is in conversation with Michael Krasny, an award-winning journalist and retired public radio host of KQED Forum and the author of Let There Be Laughter: A Treasury of Great Jewish Humor and What It All Means. Come prepared to laugh your heart out!