Arts and Culture

A Tale of Two Karkadans: Music in Multicultural Europe

Although a German metal band and an Italian rapper of Tunisian descent seem to have only the name “Karkadan” in common, their co-existence provides the perfect opportunity to meditate on the future of European culture.

News and Politics

Publish and Be Detained

By Mya Guarnieri

According to a 2009 survey, Israel ranks 93rd in global press freedoms. Outraged by the detention of a fellow journalist, Mya Guarnieri decided to do something about it.

News and Politics

The Crisis of Jewish Democracy

By Moshe Yaroni

63% of Israeli Jews support a two-state solution. 54% of their elected representatives, and an outspoken number of self-appointed US Jewish leaders, do not.

News and Politics

Explaining Israel

By Louis Frankenthaler

One of Israel’s biggest PR problems has always been explaining its uniqueness to the outside world. What happens when that complexity is used as an alibi?

Arts and Culture

A Night Like Any Other: A Pesach Play

By Alexander Gelfand

It’s rare to find one-act plays online, and rarer to find one about Pesach.

Arts and Culture

Welcome to the Family

By Mya Guarnieri

Whenever a parent remarries, their kids inevitably have crises. Mya Guarnieri captures the anxieties of a Jewish adolescent entering an interfaith family.

Faith and Practice

Disenchanting Zionism

By Rachel Tabachnick

Zionism was once considered a Jewish demand for human rights. It was not, as it has been recast, an expression of Jewry’s divine rights.

News and Politics

At War With America

By Moshe Yaroni

The only thing the Netanyahu government knows how to do is make enemies. It might just destroy Israel’s alliance with the United States.

Faith and Practice

Obama's Seder: Stay for a While

By Angela Himsel

President Obama’s seder reminds me of what makes our rehash of history so special.

Arts and Culture

Forgiving Hannah Arendt

By Jenny Hendrix

Hannah Arendt was one of the most important political philosophers of the 20th century. A German Jew, she also loved - and eventually forgave - Martin Heidegger, for being a Nazi.