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The Mystery of Theodor Herzl
A young secular Viennese writer had an experience 125 years ago that would lead him to change Jewish history forever. He could never explain it. Can anyone else?
My Quarrel with “My Quarrel with Hersh Rasseyner”
How I came to translate one of the greatest stories in all of Yiddish literature, a work that I believe uniquely illuminates the debate at the very center of Jewish modernity.
Israel’s Russian Wave, Thirty Years Later
Three decades ago, a million emigres from Eastern Europe arrived in Israel, increasing its population by 20 percent almost overnight and changing its culture forever. What’s their story?
How America’s Idealism Drained Its Jews of Their Resilience
In Israel and in traditional communities, life and liturgy don’t run away from hardship. Most American Jews prefer to think on the brighter side, but that comes at a high cost.
Israel’s Deep State Is Undemocratic, Unaccountable, and Completely Indispensable
How does Israel keep functioning despite constant political turmoil? Meet the opaque group of unelected bureaucrats that the country’s politicians rely on to save it from themselves.
The Meaning of Israel’s Peace Accord with the United Arab Emirates: A Symposium
Peace? Normalization? Join us for a multipart symposium on the momentous agreement concluded last week between the United States, Israel, and the United Arab Emirates.
The Jewish Schools of the Future
After the Great Disruption, a new renaissance can emerge, marrying Jewish classical education and novel technology, and confronting the cultural crisis with Jewish exceptionalism.
What Christians See in Jews and Israel in 2020 of the Common Era
Christians are today closer to the Jewish people than they’ve been in thousands of years. What are the sources of this momentous rapprochement, and how likely is it to hold?
Examining Israel’s Eastern Borders: A Symposium
Applying sovereignty? Annexation? Join us this week for a five-part symposium on the great question before the Israeli people.
The Truth of the Capture of Adolf Eichmann
Sixty years ago, the infamous Nazi official was abducted in Argentina and brought to Israel. What really happened, what did Hollywood make up, and why?
In Rejecting the Zoom Seder, What Did Orthodox Jews Affirm?
What the headline-making rabbinic showdown over online seders reveals about Jewish law and its limits.
The People-Forming Passover
There’s a great deal more at stake in Exodus than getting the slaves out of Egypt. What might it be?
Shibboleths and Sun Salutations: Should Religious Jews Practice Yoga?
Why some Orthodox Jews are nervous about yoga, and why they’re right to be.
Ben-Gurion’s Army: How the IDF Came into Being (and Almost Didn’t)
On the eve of Israel’s statehood in 1948, with the massed forces of five Arab nations threatening invasion, David Ben-Gurion picked a fight with his own army. Why?
