Even while we currently adhere to responsible social distancing, the sheer wonder of acculturating into life in the Jewish state is far from wearing-off.
It’s all very well to be excited by the prospect of millions of new Jews. It’s something else to grasp that each already has a life that stands to be changed forever.
Unprecedented numbers of individuals with some historical connection to the Jewish people are seeking closer contact with it, and many are aspiring to join it.
“In 1776 we went up to our land.”
The curious case of Agendath Netaim, which the half-Jewish Leopold Bloom spends a whole day considering.
And the story’s political manipulation today.
Birthrates are falling across the world, especially in developed nations—except in one. How did mainstream, middle-class Israelis start having children again, and what does it mean?
A visit with Hillel Halkin.
The myth of a demographic time bomb.
French Jews are emigrating to Israel by the tens of thousands. Their departure isn’t just about them; it’s about the end of the French idea.
While some French Jews move to Israel, others are bringing Israel to France.
The number of Jews leaving Russia rose steeply in 2014.
The most polished writing and
sharpest analysis in the Jewish world.