As a moment in time, the Oct. 7 massacre was, paradoxically, an event both anomalous and familiar, at once exceptional and routine. It was horrifying and shocking to the extreme, yet, given the ...
Today, more than ever, we need that same “renewing generation” – one that examines and tests, but above all, draws near and ...
A recent book on Jewish identity before and after Zionism shows the limitations of a progressive critique that doesn’t truly account for the experience of Palestinians. German Jewish refugees looking ...
The Jewish question remained unresolved for a long time. After World War II, it seemed that an answer to the Jewish question ...
Jerusalem is arguably the most contentious city in the world, so any work discussing it, let alone one that explores its four millennia of history, is bound to be controversial. But the 256-page ...
Long Island’s first Jewish congregation was established in 1875 in Breslau, modern-day Lindenhurst, where the group purchased a half-acre of land in a cemetery. The Island’s first synagogue was built ...