Opinion

Netflix’s ‘You People’ wasn’t funny at all to my Black and Mexican Jewish family

Laughter doesn’t come easily when the jokes only make sense if you don’t exist, writes Cinthya Silverstein.

By Cinthya Silverstein February 1, 2023 3:56 pm

Opinion

Everyone knows about Herzl. Is it time for Max Nordau, the intermarried father of Zionism, to get his due?

Nordau, who coined the term “Muscular Jew,” died 100 years ago this month.

January 31, 2023 3:31 pm

The Sit-Down Opinion

How the Holocaust is remembered in the land of Anne Frank

Jazmine Contreras, a scholar of Dutch historical memory, says the country’s relationship with the past is as complex as its experience during World War II.

January 27, 2023 2:12 pm

Opinion

We’re visiting Auschwitz because the fight against antisemitism didn’t end with liberation

By Douglas Emhoff and Deborah Lipstadt January 27, 2023 12:01 am

Opinion

I am a single rabbi without children. I shouldn’t be made to feel I am not ‘doing my part.’

By Jessica Fisher January 24, 2023 10:30 am

The Sit-Down Opinion

What American Jews fight about when they fight about Israel

By Andrew Silow-Carroll January 22, 2023 7:00 am

Opinion

ChatGPT can write verse, but it is no more alive than the Golem of Prague

By Rodger Kamenetz January 17, 2023 10:00 am

Opinion

On one foot: 5 essential things to know about Abraham Joshua Heschel on his 50th yahrzeit

By Andrew Silow-Carroll January 15, 2023 7:00 am

Opinion

Learning Hebrew brought me closer to Judaism — and alienated me from Israel

By Joel Swanson January 13, 2023 10:00 am

The Sit-Down Opinion

A law professor worries Israel could become the next Hungary

By Andrew Silow-Carroll January 8, 2023 7:00 am

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