Avi Weiss
National News
- Jewish Women Lag Behind Men in Promotion and Pay
- Fiscal Challenges Face Federations
- On Campus, a Divide Over ‘Pro-Israel’
Community News
- In Mayoral Race, N.Y. Jews Back Bloomberg
- Lévi-Strauss: He Changed How We See Culture, but Ignored His Own
- For Pets, a Temporary Shelter From the Storm
International News
- U.S. Eases Pressure on Israel, Leans On Palestinians
- HIAS Still Aids Immigrants, but Most Don’t Resemble Sergey Brin
- Human Rights Watch Debates Its Mission With a Founding Critic
Israel News
- Palestinian Workers Plan To Sue Settlement, Seek To Fall Under Israeli Law
- Losing Support and Suffering Defections, Labor Party Is in a ‘Struggle for Life’
- British Christians Push Repentance for Nation’s Conduct During Mandate
Arts & Culture
- Talmud vs. Anna Akhmatova
- Transforming the Y
- Against Israeli Anti-Mizrahism
- EnviroJews Avant La Lettre
- Squeezing the Cultural and Historical Juice Out of Love in ‘Jaffa’
- Brutally Frank
Fast Forward
- Schmutz Sandwich Anyone?
- The Doctor Who Had the Chutzpah To Write Music
- Nine Faiths, One Vegan Lunch at Windsor Castle
- High School Reunion
- Creating an Arab-Israeli Dialogue, One Note at a Time
- Saving Pastrami on Rye
The Shmooze
- First Israeli NBA Player Scores Big
- Jon & Shmuley Plus Another Media Circus
- The Pitselech Are Reviving Yiddish
- Is Your Recipe Worth $25,000?
- Hummus Wars
- The L.A. Times: ‘Jewish Guys Heart Shiksas’
Forward Forum
- The Goldstone Standard
- The World That Jewish Veterans Built
- What a Dollar Gets You on Capitol Hill, and What It Doesn’t
- Is Birthright Israel an Intermarriage Panacea?
- Calming the Temple Mount
- A Terrorist Who Was Not Alone
Editorial
Ahmadinejad Was Heard — Were We?
By Avi Weiss
I Danced at the Wedding of Sharansky’s Daughter
By Avi Weiss
It was a dream come true. There beneath the chupah stood Rachel Sharansky, daughter of Natan and Avital Sharansky, with her beloved, Micha Danziger.Read More
Mourn for Gaza, Pray for Unity
By Avi Weiss
As Israel prepares to disengage from Gaza, it is not only natural but also proper that we experience a keen sense of mourning over our loss. Imagine if we were evicted from our homes, if our synagogues were dismantled, the remains of our loved ones disinterred. These feelings only become more acute when we recall that many of the residents of GushRead More
The Forgotten Victims of AMIA
By Avi Weiss
On Sunday, tens of thousands of people gathered in front of the AMIA Jewish Community Center in Buenos Aires to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the terrorist bombing that left 85 dead and 300 injured. As each victim’s name was read out loud, the crowd respectfully, but firmly, cried, “Presente.” The dead were present — in our hearts,Read More
A Tribute That Desecrates Rather Than Sanctifies
By Avi Weiss
Creating a memorial to the 600,000 Jews murdered at the Belzec death camp in Poland is of the utmost importance. It is profoundly distressing, however, that the planned memorial will feature an enormous trench running through the entire camp. The project has already disturbed — and will continue to disturb — the ashes and bonesRead More
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