First Person

The eclipse was exhilarating. Life-changing? Not so much.

A brief but brilliant distraction from a rush of dispiriting current events.

I talked to the ‘anti-Semitic’ Swiss hotel owner. It’s more complicated than you think.

Two sheets of paper and bitter memories ended up dealing a painful blow to a tactless businesswoman and the further poisoning of Israel's relations with Bern.

First Person Ideas

I am a rabbi, and my place was in Charlottesville

I cannot let Nazi flags fly in my state without response, writes a rabbi from Northern Virginia.

First Person

The time Israeli security strip-searched me at their embassy in Jordan

First Person

‘I have a feeling the war is going to start tomorrow’: Three days in June 1967

First Person

Ma, on this Mother’s Day, thank you for the life you led

First Person

I’m Jewish and I just became an EU citizen. It feels a little like boarding the Titanic.

First Person

This year my Passover seder will be at Wrigley Field

First Person

Lies I told about my dog

First Person

Purim: A dark story, a crazy party, and a call to leadership

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