Search Results

Search for    in    All Categories Daily Features Daily Picks The Weekly Portion   

You can also browse by author, browse by source, or view the archives.

The Hasidic Imagination

Hasidic tales show the ideals to which Eastern European Jews aspired, reflecting folk wisdom and the hallowing of the everyday. So are they authentic, or mere literary creations?Isn’t, Wasn’t, and Won’t Be

Palestinians know that Fatah and Hamas would rather preserve the status quo than risk losing financial aid because of a unity government.If I Forget Thee, O Manhattan

A generation after Bernard Malamud and Leslie Fiedler took academic appointments in the Northwest, a latter-day New York intellectual puts down roots in Portland. (Includes obscene language.)Songs of Wonder

Known for Middle Eastern, African, and Hasidic motifs in her music, Basya Schechter has added the little-known Yiddish verse of Abraham Joshua Heschel into the mix. (Audio) Judaism as a First Language

The internal dynamics of Judaism are startlingly similar to those of the linguistic process—an analogy that sheds light not only on the evolution of Judaism but also on its worrisome decline.Chabad 2.0

For all its internationalism, the Lubavitch movement continues to evince a largely parochial mentality. It is global in scope but not in outlook.Democracy and Hypocrisy

Several bills being heatedly debated in the Knesset threaten the Left—but that doesn't mean they threaten democracy. Vayeitzei: Jacob, Rembrandt, and the Rolling Stones

As Jacob prepared to bed down for the night at Beth El, he selected "among the rocks of the place" (me'avnei ha-makom; Genesis 28:11) to set by his head. He awoke in the morning having dreamt of a ladder reaching heavenwards and angels ascending and descending it.