Culture

Which Diaspora rabbis does the Rabbinate trust? It depends on this guy

The Rabbinate has declined to publicize a list of rabbis it trusts to determine whether immigrants are Jewish enough to marry.

Holocaust film ‘Son of Saul’ nominated for Golden Globe

In the Hungarian film, the main character is a member of the Sonderkommando at Auschwitz-Birkenau forced to cremate bodies of fellow prisoners gassed by the SS.

Obama’s ‘chutzpah’ email

Chutzpah has entered the mainstream of American political discourse. But with the Yiddishism becoming popular as a political insult, the word’s nuances may be lost.