James Traub interviews Abe Foxman for the Sunday NY Times: In certain precincts of the Jewish community, a person who insists that the sky is
The success of Douglas Rushkoff’s latest projects, Testament and Get Back in the Box, have put the on-again-off-again Jewschool contributor’s unique ideas about God and
Kalman Kaplan, a visiting lecturer and Fulbright Scholar in the department of psychology at Tel Aviv University, provides an interesting analysis of ancient Hebrew philosophy
Experts agree: Bush’s Iraq war plan has jeopardized Israel’s security. Just imagine what attacking Iran will do… Following a wave of scandals which have rocked
Some folks may recall my back and forth convo with Steven I. Weiss (of Canonist and CampusJ) last April, entitled “Picking and choosing”, in which
The Economist crunches the numbers and comes to the conclusion that diasporism is back, in a big way: Most diaspora Jews still support Israel strongly.
The New Republic has published a rather provoking exchange of letters between David Ben Gurion and Isaiah Berlin regarding the definition of who constitutes a
Old Bob — sage, spirit, and holy man; author of Illuminatus!, Cosmic Trigger, and countless other influential tomes; progenitor of Discordianism and the Church of
The JTA has just released a special feature entitled “Reining in Abuse” which focuses on sexual abuse scandals in the Jewish community. The Challenge: The
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