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...
Andy Samberg’s Semitic Appeal
by Amanda Walgrove
Andy Samberg is one of three geeky brains behind the comedy troupe, The Lonely Island, whose sophomore album, Turtleneck and Chain, was released last...
Andy Samberg's Semitic Appeal
by Amanda Walgrove
Andy Samberg is one of three geeky brains behind the comedy troupe, The Lonely Island, whose sophomore album, Turtleneck and Chain, was released last...
Fear and Loathing in Los Angeles
By Steven Philp
It is a common fiction that Jews control Hollywood. Yet there are few more adamant about this misrepresentation—and no one less happy—than Orthodox...
The Emergency Committee for Israel on Obama
by Sophie Taylor
In May, President Obama gave a set of speeches on the Middle East, urging Israelto consider pre-1967 borders in hopes of making progress...