‘Anti-Zionism = Antisemitism’ isn’t Just Wrong, It’s the Problem
Earlier this year, before Hamas’ attack and Israel’s siege of Gaza, and before the House…
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Did You Read About Conservative Judaism’s Anti-Black Antisemitic Smearing of Hebrew Israelites? Neither Did I
Did you catch the press release from the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) denouncing the slander against…
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Enjoy the Kosher Collard Greens, But Understand This: Hebrew Israelites Have Something to Say to the Rest of the Jewish Community
At the 1995 Source Awards, Outkast’s Andre3000, delivered his now iconic shot across the bow…
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Who’s ‘Really’ Jewish: the Sefardi Floridian, the Ashkenazi Californian, or the New York Jew By Choice? ‘Authenticity’ is a Trap
Jared Armstrong was raised Jewish in the United States and wants nothing more than to…
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Why Grownups Have Caught Halloween Fever (And Why it’s Unlikely to End Anytime Soon)
It’s spooky season again, the time of year when we’re drawn to horror; when The…
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Hanukkah Marks the Complexities of Assimilation and Syncretism Faced by American Jews
Hanukkah isn’t for everyone. This has been true since its beginnings, as it celebrates victory…
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How Did Hasidic Jewry Become a Stronghold of Trumpism?
Is American Hasidism in crisis? After successfully rebuilding its institutions after the war, Hasidism in…
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Thanksgiving Reveals More About Us Than About 17th Century Events
A reluctant Indian militant, a Jew with Christmas envy, and a feminist in search of an alternative Thanksgiving are among the scholars and writers who have weighed in over the years on our secular religious national holiday of Thanksgiving.
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Keep Jews Interesting: It’s Time to Stop Being Defined by Anti-Semitism
The recent publication of Bari Weiss’ new book on anti-Semitism and “bedbug-gate” have emphasized the troubling place the Jewish community has found itself in, embodied by Jewish historian Arthur Hertzberg’s proclamation that “The only thing more dangerous for Jews than anti-Semitism is no anti-Semitism.”
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The Convergence of Passover and Easter Can Leaven (or Unleaven) the Interfaith Family’s Holiday
As almost everyone who still has a wall calendar (does anyone still have a wall…
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