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Russian Renaissance

In an interview, the director of the Avi Chai Foundation in the Former Soviet Union speaks of escaping the USSR as a boy, and of returning as an adult to rebuild Jewish life (Part I; Part II is here).“Meh” Generation

The now-ubiquitous utterance likely began as a Yiddish idiom of world-weariness. But it was "The Simpsons" that brought meh to the masses.Musings on Mendelssohn

Much has been written about Moses Mendelssohn's historical significance, but a collection of new translations heralds a revival of interest in his philosophy.Behind the Times

Entering a crowded field of English-language publications in Israel, the founders of the Times of Israel hope that their unapologetic defense of the Jewish state will set their paper apart. America’s Haman?

During the Civil War, Ulysses S. Grant wrote a document expelling Jews from a vast war zone. So how did the Haman-like general become the Mordecai-like president?Epicurious

Of all the philosophers of classical antiquity, why was it Epicurus whose name became a rabbinic byword for a religious skeptic or heretic?Can Israel Trust the U.S. When It Comes to Iran?

An administration serious about stopping Iran to the point of military intervention would convey messages that raise Iran's anxiety, not Israel's.Divorce Bargaining as Extortion

Is it ever legitimate to withhold a get as a negotiating tactic? An up-and-coming scholar of Jewish law thinks it is. (PDF)A Golders Green Childhood

Before the neighborhood went frum, the historian remembers it as an island of cosmopolitanism that bred "the loudmouths, the violinists, the wide boys with the sharp suits, the showmen . . ."