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X-Men’s Jewish backstory
What Does Kosher Mean Today?
By Scott Fox
Food is perhaps one of the “greyest” aspects of Jewish life today. The Torah instructs us to abstain from ritually impure foods—but what...
Live from New York, It’s Anthony Weiner
The quick-witted Democratic congressman has rocketed to fame by taking on Republicans with gusto. But when it comes to Israel, this hardcore liberal—who is married to a Muslim-American—is a hawk.
The Goldstone Saga
by Erica Shaps
Every year at Brandeis University there is at least one Israel/Palestine-related event that lights a fire under the campus. My freshman year, it...
Meet Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz (aka Jon Stewart)
Even with an anglicized name, the host of Comedy Central's The Daily Show is quintessentially Jewish. At the forefront of modern political satire, the comedian just may be "the most trusted man in America."
Does Syria Matter?
The Obama Administration is expected to support talks between Syria and Israel as part of its efforts to negotiate an Israeli-Palestinian peace. Tony Badran, Tom Dine, Martin Indyk, Joshua Landis, Moshe Ma’oz, Michael Oren, David Schenker and Andrew Tabler on whether a Syrian-Israeli deal is in the cards.
Rav Kook Meets Jazz
by Matt Ponak
It was a cold wintry day during Hannukah of 2007 when I first met Rabbi Itzchak Marmorstein. While I was visiting a professor...
Return to Centro Histórico
A child of Mexico City’s cloistered Jewish community discovers Mexico’s long Jewish history—and his own.
Madagascar: An Almost Jewish Homeland
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.