Jews Displaced From Arab Lands Are Finally Recognized
By Nathan Jeffay
For the first time since they came to Israel, all 10 Jewish communities displaced from Arab countries have agreed on a course of action to address their grievances — and triumphed in the political arena.Read More
Promoting Israel As a ‘Cultural Hotbed’ Isn’t Always a Winner
By Nathan Guttman
Israel’s Oscar nominee, “Ajami,” didn’t bring home a prize, but not everyone in Israel is disappointed. Nathan Guttman writes about the difficulty Israel faces in touting its burgeoning film industry.Read More
Jerusalem Pitches Goldstone Report as Threat to U.S. and Its Allies
By Nathan Guttman
American supporters of Israel are stressing the possible damage that the Goldstone Report on Israel’s Gaza operation may cause to America’s military efforts worldwide.Read More
Remember Bitter Herb?
By Lenore Skenazy
From annual horseradish-eating contests to singing “Die, Die Agnew,” Lenore Skenazy explores how some families mix their own traditions into the traditions of the Passover seder.Read More
Hot Lands of Clay
By Michael Kaminer
A new exhibit in Toronto’s Gardiner Museum uses ceramic art to explore modern life in Israel. The contributing artists use the ancient craft to show that ceramics can be about more than dusty vases.Read More
An Inquisition for the 21st Century
By Gwen Orel
In “Conviction,” the exhilaration in the voice of a Spanish priest as he describes falling in love with Judaism — and a Jewess — remind us how easy it is to take Jewish ritual for granted, Gwen Orel writes.Read More
Unfriendly Fire
There were the expected handshakes and bear hugs, the slaps on the back and supportive words amiably expressed before the media. Just what ought to happen when Israel welcomes the vice president of the United States, the second in command of its greatest ally and the highest-ranking official of a still-new administration to visit Jerusalem.Read More
