Ideas

Ideas

I realized the depth of my Israeli trauma after a rocket exploded while I was circumcising a baby

The incident took place on the first anniversary of Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel.

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For the sake of Israel, it’s time to retire the word ‘Zionism’

Two professors at Case Western Reserve University urge a linguistic solution to tensions on college campuses.

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From snout to tail, a 3,000-year history of Jews and the pig

A professor of religious studies explores how the pig became the ultimate Jewish taboo — and an inadvertent marker of Jewish identity.

In this Jewish season of forgiveness, I’m asking for permission

In 2013, I started AtoneNet, a space for public ritual confession. Here’s why I’m shutting it down.

One year after Oct. 7, a Yom Kippur ritual of communal mourning takes on fresh meaning

I used to cringe at Rosh Hashanah ‘blessings’ cursing our enemies. Not this year.

Netflix’s ‘Nobody Wants This’ casually celebrates Judaism. I want a second season.

How a 1929 massacre of Jews in Hebron foreshadowed Oct. 7

I’m Haitian and Jewish. I refuse to have my identities be weaponized.

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