The Wild Card in Israel’s Elections
The whims of Israeli President Reuven Rivlin.
March 9, 2015
Why Liberal Judaism Has Failed in Israel
It offers answers to Diaspora questions, not Israeli ones.
Despite repeated efforts, Reform and Conservative Judaism, which play such a prominent role in Jewish life in America and elsewhere in the Diaspora, have made few inroads in Israel. Leaders of these denominations have placed the blame for this on the official status accorded Orthodoxy in Israeli law and government funding of Orthodox institutions. But the real problem, writes Liam Hoare, lies with the failure of the two branches of Judaism themselves:
March 9, 2015
The Death of Boris Nemtsov and the Future of Jews in Russia
The recently murdered politician was born to a Jewish mother.
Nazi Anti-Semitism: Something New, or Something Old?
A new book argues that Nazi anti-Semitism wasn't so different from what came before.
Why Liberal Judaism Has Failed in Israel
It offers answers to Diaspora questions, not Israeli ones.
Netanyahu, the U.S. Congress, and Jewish History
"Jews protect the world best when they best protect themselves."