For the Sake of Gaza, Defeat Hamas Soon
The humanitarian case for victory.
April 26, 2024
What a Seder Would Have Been Like 1,800 Years Ago
Four questions? Make it four statements.
The text of the Haggadah used by thousands if not millions of Jews at their seders this week derives largely from the Talmud; some passages are direct quotations. Yet much has also changed about the text since the time of the ancient rabbis, as Rachel Scheinerman, Elliot Goldberg, and Lauren Tuchman explain. Among the topics they discuss are the possibility that the Four Questions were not intended to be questions at all and the connection between the Haggadah and Shavuot, the next biblical holiday on the Jewish calendar. (Video, 59 minutes.)
April 26, 2024
Campus Protesters Believe Jewish Students and Faculty Should Tolerate Harassment Because They Are White
“An odd kind of peace.”
The Nihilistic Allure of Anti-Semitism
Candace Owens and the online anti-Jewish right.
The Gentile Literary Critic Who Loved Israel, Hebrew, and Jews
A seder with Edmund Wilson.
What a Seder Would Have Been Like 1,800 Years Ago
Four questions? Make it four statements.