Life and Action

Dissonant Soldier

By Joe Lockard

Joe Lockard enjoyed living in Israel. He raised a family in Jerusalem, and worked as a lecturer. His only objection was having to serve in the Israel Defense Forces.

Arts and Culture

Jews Are Welcome Here

By Mya Guarnieri

Her mom got married on Shabbat. The new guy is a gentile. They moved into a nice house, with air conditioning. Everything screams integration.

Faith and Practice

Ranking Righteous Gentiles

By Rachel Tabachnick

On Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day), Jews are not only encouraged to remember the victims of Nazism. We are also moved to recognize our shared humanity with others.

News and Politics

What Must Be Done

By Moshe Yaroni

Barack Obama is reported to be mulling a new plan to secure a final status agreement between Israelis and Palestinians. Moshe Yaroni has a few words of advice to help him succeed.

News and Politics

A Different Kind of Divestment

By Yehuda Magid

An IDF Special Forces veteran makes an impassioned plea for divesting from the Occupied Territories, and reinvesting in Israel.

Life and Action

What’s Right About Lice

By Angela Himsel

“Look, there’s a live one!” Jacqui pointed at a bug on Sophia’s forehead. It was hard to see what was right about these lice.

Faith and Practice

Why We Need Rabba, Not Maharat, Sara Hurwitz

By Rabbi Haviva Ner-David

The biggest fear of male rabbis who refuse to share their authority with women like Sara Hurwitz is that they’ll cause the breakdown of the status quo. I hope they are correct.

Arts and Culture

The Laser Eruv

By Maya Escobar

The laser eruv, he says, is “the most significant advancement in eruv technology since the telephone pole.”

Faith and Practice

Dogmas in Contemporary Judaism

Sh’ma and Zeek co-present Shaul Magid’s controversial thesis that American Judaism is dominated by three dogmas: pro-Israelism, the uniqueness of the Holocaust, and the war against intermarriage.