Don’t Expect the Jerusalem Summit to Drive a Wedge between Russia and Iran
No agreement is better than a bad deal that boosts Moscow’s prestige at the expense of regional security.
June 14, 2019
For American Jews of a Bygone Era, May and June Were Confirmation Season
High on flowers, low on tradition.
During the early years of Reform Judaism, some rabbis introduced a confirmation ritual for mid-teen boys and girls to celebrate their coming of age—either in addition to or instead of the bar mitzvah, which, it seemed, occurred when boys were still too young to appreciate the gravity of their religious obligations. (The bat mitzvah was not introduced until the 1920s.) Late spring became the standard time for the ceremony, around the time of the holiday of Shavuot. Jenna Weissman Joselit explains its appeal:
June 14, 2019
Could Infighting and Ideological Rigidity Undermine the Israeli Right?
The lessons of 1988.
Is European-Style Anti-Semitism Making Its Way to the United States?
“If you call yourself an anti-Semite, they run you out of town; if you call yourself an anti-Zionist, you get tenure.”
For American Jews of a Bygone Era, May and June Were Confirmation Season
High on flowers, low on tradition.
Oberlin College Must Now Foot the Bill for Its Feckless Political Radicalism
A jury rules in favor of the bakery that school administrators tried to drive out of business.