Ideas

The Israeli origins of Amitai Etzioni’s big ideas about community

The sociologist and polymath, who died last month at age 94, grew up on a cooperative farm and fought with the Palmach.

By Andrew Silow-Carroll June 11, 2023 6:45 am

Ideas

‘Succession,’ ‘Barry’ and the very Jewish nature of unresolved endings

Moses’ unrealized dream of entering the promised land would make a great HBO show, writes a Jewish educator.

June 8, 2023 10:27 am

Ideas

Nuance is crucial in fighting hate. That’s why I helped write an alternative definition of antisemitism.

Policy-makers must be careful not to conflate harsh criticism of Israel with antisemitism, writes the director of the Nexus Task Force.

June 6, 2023 9:50 am

Ideas

The hora, the hora! How Jewish wedding music got that way

By Andrew Silow-Carroll June 4, 2023 6:45 am

Ideas

The Jewish calendar reminds us where we’ve been — and what’s next

By Rabbi Adina Allen June 2, 2023 10:15 am

Ideas

The Sassoons are having a moment. Here’s why that matters.

By Sasha Goldstein-Sabbah June 1, 2023 1:08 pm

Ideas

Overdue or overdone? Two scholars hope to secure the legacy of ‘Jewish Renewal’

By Andrew Silow-Carroll May 28, 2023 6:45 am

Ideas

When a breast cancer diagnosis knocked me down, a network of Jewish women lifted me up

By Karen E. H. Skinazi May 26, 2023 1:01 pm

Ideas

As a child of survivors, I see my parents in every Ethiopian immigrant to Israel

By Mark Wilf May 25, 2023 12:00 pm

Ideas

A manufactured ‘mainstream’ wants the White House to define antisemitism on its own flawed terms

By Lila Corwin Berman May 23, 2023 5:09 pm

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Ideas

The Israeli origins of Amitai Etzioni’s big ideas about community

‘Succession,’ ‘Barry’ and the very Jewish nature of unresolved endings

Nuance is crucial in fighting hate. That’s why I helped write an alternative definition of antisemitism.

The hora, the hora! How Jewish wedding music got that way

The Jewish calendar reminds us where we’ve been — and what’s next

The Sassoons are having a moment. Here’s why that matters.

Overdue or overdone? Two scholars hope to secure the legacy of ‘Jewish Renewal’

When a breast cancer diagnosis knocked me down, a network of Jewish women lifted me up

As a child of survivors, I see my parents in every Ethiopian immigrant to Israel

A manufactured ‘mainstream’ wants the White House to define antisemitism on its own flawed terms

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