In an article reflecting on 600 days of war, journalist Aviya Kushner examines Israeli perspectives on the phrase 'tikkun olam'—a concept widely embraced by ...

A recent controversy involving the Chicago Sun-Times serves as a modern illustration of issues central to Jewish learning traditions. The newspaper published...

The word 'heil,' originally a benign term related to health and salvation in Germanic languages, is back in the news due to rapper Ye's controversial song "H...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's verbal slip during the Chidon HaTanach competition, where he mistakenly called his son Avner by the name Avraham,...

Aviya Kushner explores the parallels in rhetoric used by Donald Trump and the late Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar regarding sacrifice for perceived greater gains....

President Trump's budget proposal includes the elimination of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), ...

As the United States announces significant tariffs, leading to economic uncertainty, Aviya Kushner reflects on the linguistic and cultural implications of su...

Aviya Kushner reflects on the potential cultural and social impacts of an executive order by President Trump to shut down the U.S. Department of Education an...

Aviya Kushner draws attention to how history repeats itself through the lens of current political events involving Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy, para...

Aviya Kushner examines the media's complex role in relaying the true extent of Hamas' barbarity during the hostage ceremonies, while also contemplating the e...