With Words We Govern Men
In November 1975, US Ambassador to the UN Daniel Patrick Moynihan launched an empassioned battle against the "Zionism is Racism" resolution. A new book on the subject spurs memories of working with him at that historic moment.
Wonder and Indignation: Abraham’s Uneasy Faith
A famous midrash describes Abraham's encounter with an illuminated palace, or was it a burning palace?
Black September
Organizers of the 1972 Olympic games were determined to avoid recalling Munich's Nazi past—which inadvertently facilitated the bloody massacre of Israeli athletes.
Brave New Bavli: Talmud in the Age of the iPad
The Talmud was hypertextual before we had the word. ArtScroll's new app is only the beginning.
Category Error
What is lost when the books of the Hebrew Bible are read as philosophy?
Friendly Fire: A Response and Rejoinder
Peter Berkowitz responds to Jeremy Rabkin.
It’s Complicated
Isaiah Berlin's influential liberalism is partly explained by his Zionism.
Letters, Fall 2012
Much Ado About Nothing, Borges' Aleph, Herzl's Tel Aviv, What would Kany Say?
No Greater Love
The Israeli music scene is bringing together world-class Israeli jazz and classic Sephardic liturgical music. Voilà!: the jazz piyyut.
Poets of the Tribe
The story of 12 Hebrew poets—in America.