The Sit-Down Ideas Meet two rabbis who are trying to fight ‘toxic polarization’ — one Jewish text at a time On the eve of Election Day, Rachel Schmelkin and Michael Holzman ask: Can this democracy be saved? By Andrew Silow-Carroll November 3, 2024 6:45 am
The Sit-Down Ideas How a 1929 massacre of Jews in Hebron foreshadowed Oct. 7 In “Ghosts of a Holy War,” Yardena Schwartz explores an anti-Jewish pogrom in British Mandate Palestine and how it echoed across the next century. September 29, 2024 6:45 am
The Sit-Down Ideas Why writer Etgar Keret wants to get back to Israel as soon as he can The author of prize-winning short fiction says the daily reality of a country at war has kept his darkest thoughts at bay. September 22, 2024 6:45 am
The Sit-Down Ideas The progressive Jewish author whose book event was canceled has tough words for both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian debate By Andrew Silow-Carroll August 31, 2024 11:45 am
The Sit-Down Ideas A literary critic on why the ‘settler colonial’ framing is bad for Israel and Palestine By Andrew Silow-Carroll August 25, 2024 6:45 am
The Sit-Down Ideas Ross Perlin writes a love letter to New York — in Yiddish and 699 other languages By Andrew Silow-Carroll August 13, 2024 5:01 pm
The Sit-Down Ideas At 91, Rabbi Yitz Greenberg writes the ‘big book’ his admirers had been waiting for By Andrew Silow-Carroll August 11, 2024 6:45 am
The Sit-Down Ideas A historian describes the lessons learned — and ignored — from Hitler’s rise to power By Andrew Silow-Carroll July 31, 2024 10:01 am
The Sit-Down Ideas Legal scholar Noah Feldman on the 10 Commandments, Christian nationalism and the Jewish future of church and state By Andrew Silow-Carroll June 30, 2024 6:45 am
The Sit-Down Ideas Pulitzer Prize finalist tells story of the little-known Jewish lawyer who tried to keep Emma Goldman out of jail By Andrew Silow-Carroll June 16, 2024 6:45 am