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Why Can’t the Jews Teach Their Children How to Speak Hebrew?

Why Can’t the Jews Teach Their Children How to Speak Hebrew?

American Jewry has spent over $100 million in Hebrew education. The results are far from impressive.

Sept. 30 2024 12:01AM
Assaf Orion on Israel’s War with Hizballah

Assaf Orion on Israel’s War with Hizballah

From exploding pagers to airstrikes and a possible ground invasion, what are the IDF’s goals in Lebanon?

Sept. 27 2024 12:01AM
Who Is the “Little Sister” of a Medieval Rosh Hashanah Prayer?

Who Is the “Little Sister” of a Medieval Rosh Hashanah Prayer?

She comes from the Song of Songs. But what is she doing there?

Sept. 25 2024 12:01AM
Podcast: Abe Unger on America's First Jewish Classical School

Podcast: Abe Unger on America's First Jewish Classical School

The founder of the newly opened Emet Classical Academy explains its meaning and moment.

Sept. 20 2024 12:01AM
Marilynne Robinson Promises Her Reading of Genesis Is Faithful to the Text. Is It?

Marilynne Robinson Promises Her Reading of Genesis Is Faithful to the Text. Is It?

Or does the highly lauded American author’s new book revive some old prejudices?

Sept. 19 2024 12:01AM
Podcast: Marc Novicoff on Why Elite Colleges Were More Likely to Protest Israel

Podcast: Marc Novicoff on Why Elite Colleges Were More Likely to Protest Israel

What does it mean that protests and encampments were correlated with tuition price, student-body wealth, and prestige?

Sept. 13 2024 12:01AM
Israelis Have Three Different Words for "Hostages"

Israelis Have Three Different Words for "Hostages"

And one has a historical background that is not unrelated to the plight of the hostages in Gaza.

Sept. 12 2024 12:01AM
Podcast: Liel Leibovitz on What the Protests in Israel Mean

Podcast: Liel Leibovitz on What the Protests in Israel Mean

The author of a recent essay on the subject uses it as an occasion to look into the ongoing drama of modern Zionism and the meaning of modern Israel.

Sept. 6 2024 12:01AM
Podcast: Gary Saul Morson on Alexander Solzhenitsyn and His Warning to America

Podcast: Gary Saul Morson on Alexander Solzhenitsyn and His Warning to America

The scholar of Russian literature harkens back to a famous warning to Americans about deep-seated tendencies that could lead their nation into societal sickness.

Aug. 30 2024 12:21AM
No, James Carville, Israelis Are Not Whiter Than Palestinians

No, James Carville, Israelis Are Not Whiter Than Palestinians

Americans like the veteran Democratic strategist should not project their problems onto peoples who already have enough of their own.

Aug. 29 2024 12:01AM
Podcast: Adam Kirsch on Settler Colonialism

Podcast: Adam Kirsch on Settler Colonialism

The author of On Settler Colonialism explains the idea that’s at the core of the ideological opposition to Israel.

Aug. 23 2024 12:28AM
Podcast: Raphael BenLevi, Hanin Ghaddar, and Richard Goldberg on the Looming War in Lebanon

Podcast: Raphael BenLevi, Hanin Ghaddar, and Richard Goldberg on the Looming War in Lebanon

Three experts on the dangers that Hizballah poses in the larger conflict between Iran and Israel.

Aug. 16 2024 12:01AM
The Hebrew Language’s Wildly Unpredictable Gender System

The Hebrew Language’s Wildly Unpredictable Gender System

All nouns and adjectives in Hebrew are gendered. Why do those genders keep switching?

Aug. 15 2024 12:01AM
Do Jews Have Martyrs?

Do Jews Have Martyrs?

The idea of martyrdom is an uncomfortable one for Jews. Yet respect for religious self-sacrifice finds its very origins among them, as I saw on Mount Herzl this summer.

Aug. 13 2024 12:01AM