Politics & Society

The Israeli vernacular & the limits of education

January 4, 2016

A discussion of the linguistic, educational, and political implications and limitations of the revival of the Hebrew language.

January 3, 2016

Are Israelis today are on a power-bender because historically Jews had no power?

January 2, 2016

Why do so many of the Jewish terrorists in Israel carry American passports?

January 1, 2016

An exploration of the origins of Jewish mysticism, which influenced Jewish orthodoxy for centuries to come.

December 31, 2015

As the birthplace of Christ, Bethlehem is usually a huge tourist attraction at Christmas time. Find out why this year was different.

December 31, 2015

There’s been a recent spate of articles by bummed out Zionists suggesting that Israel’s days are numbered.

December 28, 2015

Holocaust survivor Simon Malkes has dedicated his recently published memoirs to the man who saved him, a Nazi officer called Karl Plagge.

December 27, 2015

We discuss a brilliant, charismatic, angry, radical feminist Mizrahi activist on the “Big Brother” reality show.

December 26, 2015

A shocking new report sheds light on the high suicide rate among immigrants to Israel, especially in the Russian and Ethiopian communities.

December 25, 2015

The construction of the Israeli national narrative in the early years, bridging statehood and millennia of Jewish tradition.