Loving Israel The Right (Or Left) Way
By Amanda Walgrove
Last week, Sarah Palin visited Israel and met with Prime Minister Netanyahu and other members of Israel's right-wing coalition, including Likud Chairman, Danny...
All Converts Go To Heaven: The Case of Elizabeth Taylor
On April 6, 1959 Time Magazine reported the birth “of the most famous and perhaps most beautiful baby,” a Jewish girl named Elishaba Rachel Taylor....
Reflecting on the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
by Symi Rom-Rymer
One hundred years ago today, 146 immigrant women, primarily Jewish and Italian, died while trying to escape a fire that raged through the...
Jewish History in China Boosting Sino-Israeli Relations
by Amanda Walgrove
Chinese and Jewish cultures are among the oldest remaining civilizations in the world. Besides the spiritual divide, both cultures highly value family life...
Kafka’s Jewish Ghosts
By Kayla Green
Franz Kafka is truly representative of three distinct cultures. He was raised in the Czech Republic—a fact that Czech nationalists and aficionados will...
Kafka's Jewish Ghosts
By Kayla Green
Franz Kafka is truly representative of three distinct cultures. He was raised in the Czech Republic—a fact that Czech nationalists and aficionados will...
Is Gay the New Black?
By Steven Philp
Voicing an opinion that is shared among conservative leadership, Reverend Keith Ratliff, Sr.—president of the Iowa-Nebraska chapter of the NAACP—complained that the lesbian,...
Shalom Y’all
By Symi Rom-Rymer
“Stand up and introduce yourselves,” invited the speaker on the Bima. “I want to know where y’all are from.” Unaccustomed to such warmth...
Shalom Y'all
By Symi Rom-Rymer
“Stand up and introduce yourselves,” invited the speaker on the Bima. “I want to know where y’all are from.” Unaccustomed to such warmth...
An Uncomfortable Cohabitation with the Holocaust
By Kayla Green
You would miss it if you blinked. You could pass it in one second, never knowing the significance and the history of the...
As Violence Spreads in Bahrain, Ambassador Breaks Silence
By Sarah Breger
Disheartening news from Bahrain this weekend, as clashes between armed forces and anti-government protesters left 800 wounded. Yesterday, demonstrators blocked...
There is No Love in Bigotry
By Steven Philp
On Sunday, March 6 the Jewish Federation of North America kicked off Tribefest, a three-day event in Las Vegas, NV that billed itself...