Promised Podcast
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The “Dei Ex Machina?” Edition
3 Aug 2023
Allison Kaplan Sommer and Noah Efron discuss the possibility of achieving national unity in Israel by replacing far-right parties with center-left ones in th...
3 Aug 2023
Promised Podcast
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The “Dei Ex Machina?” Edition
3 Aug 2023
Allison Kaplan Sommer and Noah Efron discuss the potential for national unity in Israel by replacing far-right parties with center-left ones, questioning its...
3 Aug 2023
Moment
Spice Box | Buy our big wood.
3 Aug 2023
The post titled "Spice Box | Buy our big wood." on Moment Magazine seems to be a collection of various reader submissions. The submissions include a request ...
3 Aug 2023
On the Nose
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Camp Kinderland at 100
3 Aug 2023
Camp Kinderland, a camp founded in 1923 by Jewish union activists in Hopewell Junction, New York, recently celebrated its centennial. Originally established ...
3 Aug 2023
Between The Lines
Missing ‘The Conversation’
3 Aug 2023
The Conversation was a two-day retreat that aimed to foster deep discussion and debate in a trustful environment among Jewish participants from various backg...
3 Aug 2023
Jewish History Uncensored
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#150-The Tanya Controversy
3 Aug 2023
The text discusses the controversy surrounding the inclusion of Tanya's statements in general discussions of issues, particularly within the context of the V...
3 Aug 2023
Unorthodox
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Rocky Mountain High Notes: Ep. 374
3 Aug 2023
In this episode of Unorthodox, the hosts discuss whether Oppenheimer was a flop and feature Hrishikesh Hirway, a podcaster and musician, as their Gentile of ...
3 Aug 2023
Unorthodox
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Rocky Mountain High Notes: Ep. 374
3 Aug 2023
In episode 374 of Unorthodox, the hosts discuss whether Oppenheimer was a flop, and the Gentile of the Week, Hrishikesh Hirway, talks about his podcast "Song...
3 Aug 2023
Tablet
A Summer Home on the Range
3 Aug 2023
According to studies, participating in Jewish summer camp increases the likelihood of a child developing a strong Jewish identity. In 2022, almost 175,000 ki...
3 Aug 2023
Tablet
The Future of Russian Jewry
3 Aug 2023
Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt, former chief rabbi of Moscow, has left Russia and settled in Israel due to pressure from Russian authorities to support Putin's wa...
3 Aug 2023
Forward
She survived the worst antisemitic attack in US history. Finally, she's ready to talk about it
2 Aug 2023
Audrey Glickman, a survivor of the Tree of Life synagogue shooting—the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history—has begun to speak publicly about the tra...
2 Aug 2023
Moment
Texas to Execute Jewish Man on World Day Against the Death Penalty
2 Aug 2023
Jedidiah Murphy, a Jewish man on death row in Texas for the murder of Bertie Lee Cunningham, is scheduled to be executed on October 10, 2023, which coinciden...
2 Aug 2023
Moment
Fiction // The Girl of the Comet
2 Aug 2023
"The Girl of the Comet" is a short story that revolves around a man who has returned to his small town in Lithuania after living in America. He reflects on t...
2 Aug 2023
Forward
I’m a rabbi who survived the Pittsburgh synagogue attack. Killing the shooter won’t bring my slain congregants back
2 Aug 2023
Rabbi Jonathan Perlman, a survivor of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting, reflects on the sentencing of the shooter to death. He argues that vengeance does no...
2 Aug 2023
Forward
Jamaal Bowman’s primary challenger calls the incumbent ‘viscerally anti-Israel’
2 Aug 2023
Rep. Jamaal Bowman, a two-term Democrat, is facing his first primary challenge from Pastor Michael Gerald. Gerald describes himself as a strong supporter of ...
2 Aug 2023
Menschwarmers
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S4E11 - A Jewish guy from Montreal just won North America's biggest Scrabble tournament
2 Aug 2023
Josh Sokol, a 29-year-old Scrabble player from Montreal, recently won the top prize of US$10,000 at a North American Scrabble tournament in Las Vegas. On the...
2 Aug 2023
People of the Pod
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From the Black-Jewish Caucus to Shabbat and Sunday Dinners: Connecting Through Food and Allyship
2 Aug 2023
Authors Candace Bazemore and Gabby Leon Spatt, members of AJC Atlanta's Black/Jewish Coalition and participants in AJC's Project Understanding, discuss their...
2 Aug 2023
Israel Policy Pod
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An Unsettled Question
2 Aug 2023
The Israel Policy Forum has released a policy report titled "An Unsettled Question: Recalibrating U.S. Policy on Israeli Settlements." The report aims to pro...
2 Aug 2023
Israel Policy Pod
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An Unsettled Question
2 Aug 2023
Israel Policy Forum has published a policy report titled "An Unsettled Question: Recalibrating U.S. Policy on Israeli Settlements" focusing on combatting Isr...
2 Aug 2023
Lilith
Caring For, and Learning From, Queer and Trans Elders
2 Aug 2023
The article discusses the challenges faced by queer and trans elders in senior care homes and the need for cultural and LGBTQ+ inclusive support. The author,...
2 Aug 2023
Forward
Comparing his indictment to Nazi Germany, Donald Trump is right for extremely wrong reasons
2 Aug 2023
The article discusses Donald Trump's response to his indictment, in which he compared it to the persecution faced by Jews in Nazi Germany. The author argues ...
2 Aug 2023
Lilith
My Barbenheimer Childhood
2 Aug 2023
The author reflects on their childhood memories, including their father teaching them physics and the joy they experienced playing with Barbies in their atti...
2 Aug 2023
Forward
Pittsburgh synagogue shooter sentenced to death
2 Aug 2023
A jury has sentenced the Pittsburgh synagogue shooter, Robert Bowers, to death, concluding a tragic chapter in American Jewish history marked by the worst an...
2 Aug 2023
The Commentary Magazine Podcast
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A Bad Indictment?
2 Aug 2023
Andrew C. McCarthy examines the August 1st indictment of Donald Trump, highlighting its unconventional legal and political challenges. McCarthy suggests that...
2 Aug 2023
Forward
Rare video footage of Jews from train leaving Bergen-Belsen unearthed
2 Aug 2023
Rare video footage of Jewish Holocaust survivors being liberated from a train leaving Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in 1945 has been found in the U.S. Nat...
2 Aug 2023
Forward
After Tree of Life sentencing, 6 Jewish scholars on what text and tradition say about the death penalty
2 Aug 2023
After the death penalty was sentenced for Robert Bowers, the man who murdered 11 worshippers at Pittsburgh's Tree of Life synagogue, six Jewish scholars disc...
2 Aug 2023
Rationalist Judaism
Halacha, Science, and Birds
2 Aug 2023
This article discusses the relationship between halacha (Jewish law), science, and the identification of kosher birds. The author notes that while halacha is...
2 Aug 2023
Forward
Why this rabbi isn't celebrating (or dismissing) the latest Trump indictments
2 Aug 2023
In this article, Rabbi Jay Michaelson reflects on the current political situation in the United States and its implications from a Jewish perspective. He not...
2 Aug 2023
Lehrhaus
Letters to the Editor: Responses to Emmanuel Bloch and Laurie Novick on Reclaiming Dignity
2 Aug 2023
The text contains letters to the editor responding to discussions on modesty and fashion in Orthodox Jewish thought. The first letter, written by a religious...
2 Aug 2023
Tablet
In Lebanon, Israel and America Are on Opposite Sides
2 Aug 2023
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently discussed with IDF officials the concerns regarding Hezbollah provocations on the northern border. Reports...
2 Aug 2023
Tablet
The Obama Factor
2 Aug 2023
The author discusses a passage in David Garrow's biography of Barack Obama that examines Obama's breakup with his long-time girlfriend, Sheila Miyoshi Jager....
2 Aug 2023
Tablet
Thinning the Ranks
2 Aug 2023
The Defense Department recently ended the requirement for American service members to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Critics argue that the policy was damag...
2 Aug 2023
Forward
Trump campaign likens latest indictment to Nazism
1 Aug 2023
The Trump campaign has compared the federal prosecution of former President Donald Trump to the tactics used by the Nazis in Germany in the 1930s. The campai...
1 Aug 2023
Forward
The ADL called for advertisers to boycott Twitter. Now it’s advertising on Twitter.
1 Aug 2023
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) called for advertisers to boycott Twitter last fall due to the platform's failure to address hateful content. However, it ha...
1 Aug 2023
Moment
The Conversation
1 Aug 2023
In this piece from Moment Magazine, readers share their diverse opinions on Israel and its significance in Jewish history. One reader recalls dancing in the ...
1 Aug 2023
Jewish Currents
Abolishing Israel’s Reasonableness Standard: An Explainer - The Knesset just passed the first step in the controversial judicial overhaul plan. What does it mean and what happens next?
1 Aug 2023
The article discusses the passing of a law in the Israeli Knesset that amends a crucial paragraph in Israel's Basic Laws, removing the reasonableness standar...
1 Aug 2023
Forward
Man who allegedly fired shots at Jewish school shared grievances against it, flashbacks of father’s violent death
1 Aug 2023
Joel Bowman, the suspect in the attempted attack on Margolin Jewish High School in Memphis, had grievances about his alma mater and was haunted by the death ...
1 Aug 2023
Moment
‘Not Very Pleasant’
1 Aug 2023
The National Union of Students (NUS) conference in the UK faced controversy when rapper Lowkey, known for his advocacy of Palestinian causes and criticism of...
1 Aug 2023
Forward
Can the Israeli economy survive the judicial overhaul?
1 Aug 2023
The judicial overhaul being implemented by Benjamin Netanyahu's government poses a significant threat to the Israeli economy. Despite promises, the reforms h...
1 Aug 2023
Forward
In stories told through puppets, haunting tales of generational trauma
1 Aug 2023
Yael Rasooly, a puppet artist and performer, uses her shows to explore themes of trauma, love, and the relationship between dreams and reality. Her first sho...
1 Aug 2023
Forward
The secret Jewish history of the Grateful Dead
1 Aug 2023
The Grateful Dead, a band with a significant Jewish following, has a hidden Jewish history that is not immediately apparent. While only one member of the ban...
1 Aug 2023
Forward
Finally, her quest for restitution from Germany succeeded — but at what psychological cost?
1 Aug 2023
Joanne Intrator, a New York psychiatrist and daughter of German Jewish refugees, embarked on a challenging journey to seek restitution from Germany for the f...
1 Aug 2023
The Commentary Magazine Podcast
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Are They Really Going to Pretend There's No Scandal?
1 Aug 2023
Eliana Johnson discusses a scandal involving Hunter Biden's partner Devon Archer revealing that Hunter's father, then-Vice President Joe Biden, communicated ...
1 Aug 2023
Haaretz Weekly
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'Despicable and reckless' that Netanyahu won't commit to obeying the rule of law
1 Aug 2023
Yohanan Plesner, President of the Israel Democracy Institute, discusses the challenges facing Israeli democracy as the government pushes for legislation to w...
1 Aug 2023
Lehrhaus
Kiddush Levanah on the Moon
1 Aug 2023
In "Kiddush Levanah on the Moon" by Joseph Helmreich, the story follows Zalman, a second-year scholar in a yeshiva, as he reunites with his former rebbe, Reb...
1 Aug 2023
Moment
From 2004 | Who Holds the Deed to the Holy Land?
1 Aug 2023
This article discusses the history and contemporary issues surrounding Greek Orthodox land ownership in Israel. The Greek Orthodox Church is the largest land...
1 Aug 2023
Sapir
Publisher's Note
1 Aug 2023
This text introduces a discussion on antisemitism in America and emphasizes the need for American Jews to confront and address this issue. The author compare...
1 Aug 2023
Sapir
Finding Allies in the Fight
1 Aug 2023
Lord John Mann, a British politician and adviser on antisemitism, and Darius Jones, founder of the National Black Empowerment Council, discuss their motivati...
1 Aug 2023
Sapir
Beating, Not Joining, Ethnic Studies
1 Aug 2023
The article discusses the controversy surrounding the ethnic-studies model curriculum in California and its impact on the Jewish community. The initial draft...
1 Aug 2023
Sapir
Why DEI Programs Can’t Address Campus Antisemitism
1 Aug 2023
Jewish students on American campuses have been facing increased harassment due to their support or perceived support for Israel. While universities have been...
1 Aug 2023