Ideas Purim features a fast before the festival. It’s a ritual I need in these dark times. Ta’anit Esther is an act of mourning, prayer, repentance and remembrance, writes an architect, author and Israeli immigrant. By Esther Sperber March 18, 2024 1:57 pm
The Sit-Down Ideas How Israel’s Black Panthers radicalized its Mizrahi Jews, and changed the country A new history of the 1970s protest movement aims to plug a hole in Israel’s public record. March 17, 2024 6:45 am
Ideas How do we celebrate Purim in a time of mourning? We’re not the first Jews to face that question. Jewish tradition teaches that life is a mixture of joy and sadness, writes the dean emeritus of Pardes. March 14, 2024 1:04 pm
Ideas For every looted Schiele, there are countless looted Jewish artifacts. They need to be returned to their rightful owners, too. By Gideon Taylor March 12, 2024 10:00 am
Ideas On this International Women’s Day, I celebrate the generosity of my forebears in Exodus By Rabbi Rebecca Blady March 8, 2024 10:01 am
The Sit-Down Ideas Why an Israeli policy expert says talk of a two-state solution is dangerously premature By Andrew Silow-Carroll March 7, 2024 3:00 pm
Ideas Sensationalizing campus antisemitism isn’t serving Jewish students like mine By Michal Raucher March 4, 2024 5:06 pm
Ideas While pro-Palestinian supporters glorify a suicide, a ballot box protest gets results By Andrew Silow-Carroll March 3, 2024 6:45 am
Ideas Remembering Ellen Bernstein, 70, the ‘birthmother’ of Jewish environmentalism By Shira Dicker February 29, 2024 4:05 pm
Ideas ‘Were you adopted?’ and other questions not to ask Jews of color By Zerline Hughes Spruill February 27, 2024 2:58 pm