Ideas

Larry David has never been more Jewish than in this season’s ‘Curb’

To dismiss his character as “self-hating” is to miss out on the deeply Jewish conversations at the heart of the show.

Ideas

Is anyone Jewish enough to play Golda Meir?

The debate over casting non-Jews as Jews is based on a narrow definition of “who is a Jew.”

Ideas

The Orthodox community rose up against accused abuser Chaim Walder. That needs to become the norm.

Chaim Walder’s case is a flashpoint. But flashpoints don’t bring about systemic change, writes a longtime advocate for abuse survivors in Orthodox communities.

How Thanksgiving helped Jews carve out a piece of the American story

As Yeshiva University’s basketball team continues its winning streak, it’s time for their fans to step up

The Sephardic Spice Girls helped me connect with my Jewish roots

The pandemic disrupted the morning minyan. When will non-Orthodox Jews like me gather again for daily prayer?

How moving to Denmark, a country with few fellow Jews, strengthened my Jewish identity

The new chair of Yad Vashem wants to build a ‘firewall’ between politics and Holocaust remembrance. Can he?

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