Ideas

Why we’ll fight Israel’s new extremist political agenda with the determination of the Maccabees

Leaders of its new government want to create a Jewish State that is divisive, tyrannical and tribalistic, writes the president of the Union for Reform Judaism.

Ideas

In fighting antisemitism, Jews can be our own worst enemies. We shouldn’t be.

Jews must come together, despite their differences, to confront hate, writes the head of the Anti-Defamation League.

Ideas

Why your synagogue, and mine, needs a pickleball court

Empty social halls. America’s fastest growing sport. It’s a match made in heaven.

Hanukkah is the holiday that America needs right now

An Israel analyst’s best- and worst-case scenarios for the new right-wing government

A Black writer explores how Germany remembers its ‘unthinkable’ past

When I heard Dave Chappelle’s monologue, all I could think about were my classmates’ Holocaust jokes

The exhausting, never-ending job of debunking antisemitic conspiracy theories

Comedians are just as capable of antisemitic incitement as political figures. So let’s take Dave Chappelle seriously.

I’m a Jewish historian and my grandparents ran a deli. Maybe we’re in the same business.

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