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The Israeli Chief Rabbinate requires documents proving the Jewishness of one's mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and great-great-grandmother when applying for marriage. Is this really Jewish law?The Z-Word

Originally a term for the movement to establish a Jewish state in ancient Israel, "Zionism" has hung on, particularly in the mouths of Israel's enemies.Resolved

Did Congress ever contemplate adopting Hebrew as the official American language?False Flag

Israel gambled its friendship with the U.S. by having Mossad agents pose as American spies to recruit terrorists to fight their covert war against Iran. Arendt in Jerusalem

With their monumental errors of political and moral judgment, Hannah Arendt's writings on Zionism, Israel, and the Holocaust have metastasized into a destructive legacy.Straddling the Non-Existent Middle

Too many young Zionists, with the best will of the world, want to stand on both sides of the question.  A rejoinder to Erika Dreifus' Jewish Ideas Daily feature.      Stained Glass Ceiling?

Women rabbis are shocked to have problems getting jobs. But is this because, as the (woman) head of a Conservative rabbinical school maintains, halakhah is an inherently male system?Spreading the Hebrew Word

Gauging a language's importance according to its number of native speakers would place Hebrew at number 70. Yet Hebrew has had an outsize influence on human language, and on Western civilization.