For a New Twist on Shavuot, Try this Lox-Bagel-Turned Cheesecake
by Rachel Harkham
More than three thousand years ago, as the story goes, the Israelites received the Torah from God on top of Mt. Sinai. Shavuot,...
How America Got Its (Bus) Wheels Back
The story of how discount curbside buses have transformed the nature of intercity travel. With a detour to rabbinical court. And a 15-minute rest stop.
Gay Rights and Religious Freedom Take the Stage
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Photo credit: Maria Bryk
Should a rabbi be forced to give marriage counseling to a same-sex couple?...
A Battle Couched in Belief: ‘Freud’s Last Session’ Reviewed
by Wesley G. Pippert
When I went to watch Freud’s Last Session, I thought I’d see a tell-all session on a couch. Indeed, there was a...
Book Review // The Story of the Jews
The great Jewish historian Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi, who died in 2009, famously declared that history was “the faith of fallen Jews.” Yerushalmi had trained under the preeminent 20th-century Jewish historian Salo Baron, whose epic (and unfinished) 18-volume A Social and Religious History of the Jews was celebrated for its paradigm-shifting rejection of the “lachrymose” view of Jewish history. Despite a life lived in the shadow of Jewish history’s most lachrymose moment—both his parents were murdered in the Holocaust—Baron insisted that Jewish history was defined not by dying but by living, by the astonishing creativity and vitality of an ever-changing Jewish culture.
Opinion // Give Peace—And Women—A Chance
Studies show that including women in peace negotiations improves chances of success.
Talk of the Table // Cheesecake: A Dairy Tale
While cheesecake has long been popular among Jews with a sweet tooth, the creamy, rich indulgence is now as American as apple pie, a symbol of how thoroughly Jews have integrated into American life. As cookbook author Joan Nathan says, “Jews like cheesecake because they like to eat good rich dishes, even if they shouldn’t”—but then again, who doesn’t?
Origins of Mishegas Manual Revealed
by Jay Neugeboren
When the American Psychiatric Association’s newly revised 1,000-page “bible of psychiatry,” The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-V (DSM-V) was published in...
Unlikely melange honored at NY awards gala
by Sarah Breger
Right to left: Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, Chris Christie and his wife at Sunday's awards night
In a raw speech during an otherwise canned evening,...
Jewish Routes // Arizona
Defying stereotypes, early Jewish pioneers in Arizona were not just storeowners and bankers, but cowboys, lawmen, ranchers and entertainers. The first known Jewish settler was the German-born Nathan Benjamin Appel, who headed west in 1856 from New York to St. Louis, then followed the Santa Fe Trail to the territory’s new capital, Tucson. Appel went on to lead a colorful life in the Wild West: He married a Catholic woman (there were no Jewish women in the territory), had ten children, and was a sheriff, saloon owner, wagon train leader and merchant. Loyal to his heritage, upon his death in 1901, Appel had a Jewish funeral led by a rabbi.
Dispatches from the Melting Pot: 5 New Jewish-American Recipes
Recipes by Rachel Harkham
As we found out while coming up with the Top 10 Jewish Foods for May's Jewish-American Heritage Month, embracing our heritage sometimes means embracing...
Darkness at Noon: Revealed in Translation
by Izak Dimenstein
By the irony of fate, Arthur Koestler’s Darkness at Noon, the 1940 book that influenced the outcome of the election in France after World...