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Israel’s Apology Problem

Apologizing to Ankara over the Mavi Marmara incident, or to Cairo over the deaths of three Egyptian soldiers, might bring short-term calm—at the certain price of long-term harm.The Prophet

In two magnificent novellas, published before World War II and now available in a new English edition, the Yiddish poet Jacob Glatstein devastatingly foresaw the shape of things to come.Flogging and the Rabbis

A once-common practice, recently recommended for revival by an American criminologist, is discussed at length in the Talmud. Barbarous, or something more complex and perhaps even effective?“The Stamp of My Jewish Existence”

Born August 18, 1910, Herman Berlinski was a prolific composer of sacred music whose masterworks include a complete setting of the (Reform) Friday-evening service. (With audio and video.)The Nerve

"Chutzpah": what is it, what isn't it, and what does it have to do with a tall tale by one of America's great 19th-century humorists?In Tiktin, Without Jews

When it comes to European attitudes toward the Jewish people, what, in the end, has changed since the Holocaust? Clearly, not enough.Right of Reply

On the heated response of a prominent Reconstructionist rabbi to my article concerning the present condition of his movement.Crown Heights and the Forward

While others temporized or prevaricated about the August 1991 riots, a few named them for what they were, and the Forward, its then-editor recalls, led the way.Missing Ingredient

If Jewish theology is whatever Jews happen to be thinking about religion, then it is idiosyncratic and meaningless; so how should it be defined?Hamas the Invulnerable?

So long as Hamas can attack Israel any time it wants, it can effectively veto any chance of peace with Palestinian moderates—should any turn up.