Henry Kissinger Didn’t Betray Israel During the Yom Kippur War
In fact, he gave Golda Meir vital encouragement.
July 30, 2019
When the Reform Movement Needed a “Bureau of Summer Services” to Combat Summer Loucheness
Smiles of a Jewish summer’s night?
Think it’s hot now? At least there’s air conditioning to keep you focused. American Jews of 100 years ago weren’t so lucky; summer without cooling often meant that it was much too hot to sit and pray comfortably in synagogue. Instead, those who could afford it left their homes for lengthy vacations, during which they apparently forgot their sober communal responsibilities and . . . had fun. This was apparently such a problem that it was given a name—“summer Judaism”—and “gave rise to considerable soul-searching about the nature of faith and the limits of community,” in the words of the historian Jenna Weissman Joselit.
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The Son of Jewish Immigrants Who Made $10 Million While a Soviet Mole
The story of David Karr.
When the Reform Movement Needed a “Bureau of Summer Services” to Combat Summer Loucheness
Smiles of a Jewish summer’s night?
Israel Is in the Middle East, Israelis Are Middle Easterners, and Don’t You Forget It
Israel as “part of the continuum of Judaism in the Muslim world.”
The Corbyn Anti-Semitism Problem Marches On
The universe will end before the Labor leader puts a stop to anti-Semitism in his party.