The Sit-Down

Ross Perlin writes a love letter to New York — in Yiddish and 699 other languages

The linguist’s celebration of the polyglot city inspires a series of shows at Manhattan’s Little Island.

At 91, Rabbi Yitz Greenberg writes the ‘big book’ his admirers had been waiting for

The Modern Orthodox philosopher talks ideas he’s developed over seven decades, the toll the war in Gaza has taken on his family and why he became a vegetarian.

The Sit-Down Ideas

A historian describes the lessons learned — and ignored — from Hitler’s rise to power

“Trump is not Hitler, by any means,” says Timothy Ryback. “But I think there are modalities that are very similar.”

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Legal scholar Noah Feldman on the 10 Commandments, Christian nationalism and the Jewish future of church and state

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Pulitzer Prize finalist tells story of the little-known Jewish lawyer who tried to keep Emma Goldman out of jail

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Despite deep divides over Gaza, a Jewish leader seeks allies in defense of democracy

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Why Rabbi Shai Held says love is the cornerstone of Jewish belief and practice

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How Israel’s Black Panthers radicalized its Mizrahi Jews, and changed the country

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Why an Israeli policy expert says talk of a two-state solution is dangerously premature

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Why one Israeli security veteran hasn’t given up on a two-state solution

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