Zionism

Einstein once kept kosher, and 7 other Jewish facts for relativity’s 100th b’day

The famed physicist believed in Jewish philosopher Baruch Spinoza’s God and raised money for the Jewish state, despite reservations.

Gaza demonstrators mark Balfour Declaration anniversary by burning flags

Members of the al-Nasser Salah al-Deen Brigades terrorist group brandished guns, swords and axes at a demonstration in Rafah before burning British, American and Israeli flags.

J Street U’s new Muslim president says she’s ‘culturally Jewish’

Amna Farooqi, the head of the student wing of the liberal Israel lobby group, is a critic of Benjamin Netanyahu, but reads David Ben-Gurion.

Culture

New PBS special examines ‘Seeds of Conflict’ in the Middle East

Obituaries

Alan Pollack, activist for Israel, dies at 77

Culture

When Nina Simone Sang a Zionist Standard

Culture

Einstein and Weizmann Take America

Culture

The Controversial Israeli Poet Who Was Almost Overlooked

Culture

Israel to Jews: This is Where the AEPi Party Never Ends

Israel

Most Jewish Israeli teens identifying as Zionist

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