2+ hour, 37+ min ago  (793+ words) When my family made aliyah over two decades ago, we left behind in Bergenfield, N.J., a synagogue that played a central role in our religious and communal lives. We loved our shul, our rabbi and the close-knit community that formed around…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago  (1222+ words) After director Eran Riklis acquired the rights to the best-seller "Reading Lolita in Tehran," he called author Azar Nafisi and asked her: "Does it make sense to you that an Israeli director would tell your very personal story?" Riklis then…...

2+ mon, 6+ day ago  (829+ words) Carlson is too informed for ignorance to be the explanation. His worldview is fact-optional because his goal is narrative, not analysis. So, when he claims Israel gives America "nothing," file it properly " propaganda dressed up as foreign-policy insight. If Israel…...

7+ mon, 3+ week ago  (768+ words) One verse, five voices. Edited by Nina Litvak and Salvador Litvak, the Accidental Talmudist Balak said to Balaam, "What have you done to me? I took you to curse my enemies, but you have blessed them!" In that moment, the…...