Ideas

Remembering Irving Levine, an AJC official who saw the future of identity politics

The Brooklyn native understood the grievances of “white ethnics,” writes a former colleague at the American Jewish Committee.

Ideas

Why the Conservative movement is changing our approach to interfaith marriage

A culture of disapproval did not generally dissuade individuals in their marriage choices, writes the CEO of the movement’s rabbinic and congregational arms.

Old songs have new meanings after Oct. 7 — and new music helps the heartbroken like me

When ‘nice Jewish boys and girls’ first took up the cause of Palestinian rights

My ‘transgressive’ Holocaust novel is still stirring debate, 20 years later

I’m an Israeli artist of Moroccan descent. Is the Holocaust my story to tell?

When Elie Wiesel came to my summer camp, and what he taught me about speaking the unspeakable

When Dr. Martin Luther King and Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel taught my dad to pray with his feet

Jewish liturgy includes a curse against our enemies. We can be OK with that.

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