By whatever name, Jew-hatred is back. It's a threat to Jews, but it's also a danger to a liberal society and the values that ...
The First Ghetto: Venice and the Origins of Modern Antisemitism By Alexander Lee Basic Books, 432 pages, $34 When one thinks ...
(RNS) — Orthodox Judaism, both in the United States and Israel, has typically espoused a right-wing political orientation and unconditional support for Israel. These Jews beg to differ. (RNS) — Over ...
The British Museum cancelled—or, in its preferred terminology, “postponed”—a lecture that formed part of its Jewish Culture ...
While Jews worldwide will celebrate Passover this week, recounting the ancient Israelites’ exodus from Egypt, a newly released report sheds light on a modern exodus that remains largely forgotten: the ...
When “We Jews” Becomes Too Simple. There is a sentence one hears more and more often: we Jews will manage. Let them talk. Let the world condemn. Let the newspapers write. Let ...
Rather than completely abandoning these ancient traditions, let’s reclaim, reinterpret and reshape them,” says Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein.
The Baal Shem Tov (Rabbi Yisrael ben Eliezer, c. 1700–1760) was the founder of Hasidic Judaism, a spiritual movement that ...