Young readers share their thoughts about Wiesel’s Night
I grew up hearing the stories of my grandparents, who both survived the Holocaust, but when I read Night, it was in a different setting than I was used to: The text was assigned for my 9th-grade English class...
A New Kind of Campaign Ad
In his latest campaign ad, Jason Kander stands in an empty warehouse. Wearing a button-down shirt and a blindfold, he begins to assemble an AR-15 rifle.
‘While I’m Here’: A Look Back at Theodore Bikel
Theodore Bikel was an actor, a folksinger, a Yiddish speaker, an activist. Now, a group of musicians is making its own attempt at preserving Bikel's legacy.
Book Review // Decoding Chomsky
Decoding Chomsky
Chris Knight
Yale University Press
2016, pp. 304
By Robert F. Barsky
Chris Knight’s new book begins with the unpromising statement that he, in encountering Chomsky’s work, would...
Elisha Wiesel Remembers His Father
“Whenever I want to hear my father’s voice, I can pick up a book from my bedside and I can hear him speak.”
Five Whiskey Recommendations
In our September/October issue, we wrote about American whiskey's little-known Jewish heritage. Now, explore five whiskey recommendations.
Top Ten Jewish Podcasts: Reader Edition
We gave you a list of our top ten favorite Jewish podcasts and you responded in kind. By popular demand, here are ten more!
The Books That Shaped You
We asked our readers to tell us their own stories about books that changed them. Here are some of our favorites.
The Many Legacies of Elie Wiesel
With the death of Elie Wiesel, the world has lost one of the most powerful voices of the past century... Interviews with Ted Koppel, Bernard-Henri Lévy, Dina Porat, Natan Sharansky, Leon Wieseltier, Elisha Wiesel and more
Israel: A Mosaic of Ethnic Cuisines
Israel’s vibrant food scene has made this small Mediterranean country one of the most exciting culinary destinations in the world...
Honey Cake Cocktail
The proverbial liquor cabinet in the collective consciousness of American Jewry contains only a handful of familiar—and unquestionably eccentric, nostalgia-soaked—libations...
Shadows in the Golden Land
Myanmar has finally emerged from decades of military dictatorship. But its new democratic government has yet to confront the persecution of the country’s Muslim minority.