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How the Incoming Administration Can Restore Jewish Civil Rights
December  

How the Incoming Administration Can Restore Jewish Civil Rights

The government can break the wave of anti-Semitism subsuming American college campuses. But it will take political will.

What American Jews Gave After October 7: An Accounting
November  

What American Jews Gave After October 7: An Accounting

In response to crises in Israel and at home, American Jews mobilized to raise vast sums. But why was the community so unprepared? And did it rise to the occasion?

Fear and Joy in Sepharad and Ashkenaz
September  

Fear and Joy in Sepharad and Ashkenaz

What happens when an Ashkenazi rabbi leads a Sephardi synagogue during the Days of Awe? A profound encounter with new moods in Jewish life.

How Western Artists Used and Abused the Hebrew Bible
August  

How Western Artists Used and Abused the Hebrew Bible

For centuries, visual artists, nearly all Christian, turned to the Hebrew Bible for inspiration even more often than the New Testament. What did they find there, and did they treat it well?

Israel in Space
June  

Israel in Space

In the shadow of October 7, the story of Israel’s rapidly growing space industry is easily overlooked. But it holds many of the keys for the nation’s future survival.

The Exodus Project: A Jewish Answer to the University Crisis
May  The Campus Crisis

The Exodus Project: A Jewish Answer to the University Crisis

American Jews feel betrayed by the very institutions they helped build. It’s time for young Jews to go to colleges and universities that welcome and embrace them.

Jewish Studies against the Jews
May  The Campus Crisis

Jewish Studies against the Jews

As America’s universities catch fire and its Jewish students grow more fearful, the field most likely to have something to say has remained silent—or worse. How did it go wrong?

Is War With Lebanon Imminent?
April  

Is War With Lebanon Imminent?

As both sides escalate by the day and as the fighting in Gaza simmers down, many Israelis are growing convinced that full-scale war with Hizballah is unavoidable. Are they right?

What Artificial Intelligence Has In Store for Judaism
March  

What Artificial Intelligence Has In Store for Judaism

AI has the potential to change the way Jews study Torah, observe Jewish law, work with rabbis, and teach their children. Will Jews resist those changes or welcome them?

The Very Model of a New York Intellectual
February  

The Very Model of a New York Intellectual

Abraham Cahan was one of America’s first great Jewish newspapermen, and set an example of independent thinking that the nation could sorely use today.

What Would Ben-Gurion Do?
January  

What Would Ben-Gurion Do?

Israel’s founding father argued for a conception of politics uniquely tailored to the Jewish state. Fifty years after his death, his country could use it more than ever.