“A Chabad Hasid in His Own Special Way”
The surprising life of the third president of Israel.
Everybody Loves Dreyfus
It is hard to make an antisemite a sympathetic character, but a recent film by Roman Polanski does just that.
The Return of Ruth
Stuart Halpern on the many returns of Ruth.
Australian Elections: Jews on the Precipice
Australia's Jewish citizens are facing unprecedented fear and uncertainty in the lead up to their national elections.
Purim Illuminated
Queen Esther had a surprising hold on the seventeenth century Dutch imagination. A sumptuous new show at the Jewish Museum.
A Tragic Epilogue
Matti Friedman reflects on the life and sacrifice of a fallen soldier.
The Menorah, the Rebbe and the Aesthetics of Transcendence: A Response to Reviel Netz
The Lubavitcher Rebbe had great artistic taste—and that included his choice of menorah.
Straightening Out the Menorah
The long journey from Maimonides’s Medieval Drawing to the Rebbe’s Abstract Public Monuments
Scapegoats
"If the attacker broke down the door, I would throw myself on top of him and buy the others some time."
After Silence: On Lamentation
The Jewish tradition had responded to horror with speechlessness before, but is that what we need now?