A Life in the Fray
A new memoir by Martin Peretz, the former owner and editor-in-chief of The New Republic, provides a timely reminder of what American journalism has lost.
Jeffrey Herf
· 22 min read
Judaism
A collection of 14 posts
The New Ideological Gatekeepers of American Judaism
Having been in this fight for nearly two years now, I’ve learned a thing or two about how to get around them.
David Bernstein
· 5 min read
Building a Progressive Tower of Babel
An American Jewish community leader describes how puritanical ideologues are co-opting charitable organizations and activist groups.
David Bernstein
· 14 min read
Israel’s Perilous Moment, Then and Now
Herf tells the complicated and often surprising story of the internal political struggles in Western capitals, as well as in the halls of the United Nations, that erupted at the end of the Second World War.
Sol Stern
· 14 min read
Remembering the Jewish Yugoslavia that the Nazis Destroyed
The story of how I came to know one of those survivors, and chronicle her life.
Geoffrey C. Kabat
· 12 min read
How the Christian Bible Became Separated Into ‘Old’ and ’New’
There is no firmly established technical term for the Bible in Judaism. The Hebrew scriptures may simply be referred to as “the Bible,” and the term “Jewish Bible” is sometimes used to distinguish it from the Christian Bible. In Hebrew, terms such as miqra (“scripture”) or kitve haqqodesh (“sacred texts”
Konrad Schmid and Jens Schröter
· 10 min read
‘We Never Looked Back’
Education was divided along confessional lines into Catholic and Protestant school systems; for these purposes, Jews were designated Protestant.
Ruth R. Wisse
· 15 min read
Maternal Lessons in Politics from a Jewish Iraqi-American Ping Pong Champion
Democratic transformation generally comes from the ground up, not from foreigners bearing guns and gifts.
David Bernstein
· 8 min read
Standing up to the Social-Justice Mobs Within the Jewish Community
The white Jewish leaders who attended were told in advance that they were expected to come and listen—to be seen and not heard.
David Bernstein
· 12 min read
Circling Back to My Grandfather’s Judaism, Seventy Years Later
North American Jews needed time to absorb the scope and originality of the horror they had been spared.
Barbara Kay
· 14 min read
Antiracism, Anti-Semitism, and the False Problem of Jewish Success
There’s no such thing as too many Jews among the “faces of power.”
Daniel Friedman
· 15 min read
The Jewish Dilemma
The rise of global antisemitism seems certain to accelerate the demographic decline of Jews in most of the world, and their eventual concentration in Israel.
Joel Kotkin
· 10 min read
PODCAST 54: New York Times Editor Bari Weiss on Her New Book
New York Times editor and opinion writer Bari Weiss talks to Jonathan Kay about How to Fight Anti-Semitism, her new book on the rise in anti-Semitism in the U.S. on the Left and the Right, and what we can do to combat it. Featured image, Bari Weiss on Real
Quillette
· 1 min read
Understanding the Miracle of Hanukkah Through the Ancient World's Prism of Horrors
Judah’s men were not gentle souls.
Jonathan Kay
· 6 min read