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In dark times, is a dystopian Jewish novel just what we need?

In “A Brutal Design,” Zachary Solomon adds to the growing genre of Jewish speculative fiction.

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The Sit-Down Ideas

When ‘nice Jewish boys and girls’ first took up the cause of Palestinian rights

In a new history, Geoffrey Levin explores the internal Jewish battles over Israel and the “Palestine question.”

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Why Israel had no choice but to make a ‘bargain with the devil’

Robert Mnookin, an expert in negotiations, discusses the tradeoffs and benefits of the first hostage swap in the Israel-Hamas war.

The rabbi who survived the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting 5 years ago considers hope in a dark time for the world’s Jews

10 years and 318 million words later, Sefaria brings Torah study into the digital age

‘Golda’ focuses on a few grim weeks in the life of Israel’s first female prime minister. A biographer wants you to see the bigger picture.

A rabbi answers her congregants’ question: Why do they hate us?

Why Donniel Hartman sees a brighter Israeli future — in 2026

At the heart of the film ‘Oppenheimer’ is a clash between real-life Jews

A legal scholar sizes up the religious argument against abortion bans

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