The Jewish National Pastime
By Aarian Marshall
Some people collect stamps, others baseball cards—Neil Keller collects famous Jews. He speaks quickly, with a slight lisp, and with his red polo...
Fierce Competition for Yeshiva A Cappella
By Charles Kopel
Just when you thought the Maccabeats craze was finally over, a new a cappella group is making strides in Washington Heights. The Y-Studs...
Hannah Senesh, Golda Meir, and now Kate Bornstein
By Bonnie Rosenbaum
My introduction to Jewish heroes can be traced back to one amazing Barbie doll.
It was 1986, I was in 7th grade, and my...
Governor Perry Wants You to Find Jesus
By Steven Philp
Whether you are Jewish, Muslim or Hindu, if you are passing through the Lone Star State on August 6 you might encounter an...
Stay Salty, Smoked Salmon
by Theodore Samets
Growing up, I was scared of lox.
Well, at least I thought it was lox. Turned out, the slimy, pinkish orange, cold fish I...
Arab Spring, Flotilla Summer
By Adina Rosenthal
‘Tis the season. Flotilla season, that is. Summertime marks a new tradition of groups gathering in boats and sailing to the Gaza Strip,...
A Video Game of Biblical Proportions
by Steven Philp
For three days earlier this month, the computer and video game industry madeits annual pilgrimage to Los Angeles, where the Electronic Entertainment Expo...
Shuttering Yale’s Center on Anti-Semitism
By Symi Rom-Rymer
Yale University announced yesterday that it is closing its Initiative for the Interdisciplinary Study of Anti-Semitism (YIISA). According to Thomas Mattia, an official...
Shuttering Yale's Center on Anti-Semitism
By Symi Rom-Rymer
Yale University announced yesterday that it is closing its Initiative for the Interdisciplinary Study of Anti-Semitism (YIISA). According to Thomas Mattia, an official...
Israel and the Left
by Theodore Samets
In its consistent effort to commoditize political positions as “left” or “right,”“conservative” or “liberal,” much of American media has determined that to be...
Holy Foreskin, Batman!
By Adina Rosenthal
There is a new superhero on the block. In true Superman fashion, he spends his days as regular citizen Miles Hastwick, but when...
Is NPR Anti-Israel?
by Symi Rom-Rymer
It’s practically impossible for a news organization, especially one like NPR, that is considered left-of-center, to cover the Middle East conflict and not to...