Grading Bibi's First Year
“Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s performance is looking increasingly problematic,” Yossi Alpher writes. But Evelyn Gordon argues the prime minister has “successfully mobilized Israeli public opinion and used it to force Washington to accommodate Israeli concerns.”Read More
A Permanently Enraged Jewish Cartoonist
By Benjamin Ivry
At 81, legendary cartoonist Jules Feiffer recently published his autobiography, in which he describes his mother as an abysm of destructive Jewish maternal negativity.Read More
Cutting Words
By Nadja Spiegelman
Artist Jacqueline Nicholls, an Orthodox feminist, takes on what she sees as misogyny throughout Jewish liturgy. Her unlikely weapon of choice: Paper cuts.Read More
Antisemitism and This Recession
By Jerry Z. Muller
With America still suffering the effects of a cataclysmic recession, Jews have pricked up their ears, waiting for the howls of antisemitism. But this time, the dog has failed to bark, Jerry Z. Muller writes.Read More
Broza Dons Cowboy Boots
By Jon Kalish
After a 13-years hiatus, Israeli troubadour David Broza has released a new album — one composed of songs based on the poetry of one of the great country and folk artists, Townes Van Zandt.Read More
Grossman Ponders Israel and China
By Alison Klayman
Writer David Grossman discusses Israel’s small circle of political writers, the country’s growing interest in doing business with China and how being in China makes him forget that the rest of the world exists.Read More
Passover Recipes
Looking for the kosher-for-Passover recipes that have appeared on our pages? Click through for recipes for fried gefilte fish, Ethiopian chicken stew, brisket con chipotle and lemon meringues by Susie Fishbein.Read More
A Healthier America
During the last few months, as the political discourse in Washington went from disquieting to messy to ugly, and a paralyzing dysfunction blanketed the capital as thickly as the winter snow, it was easy to become discouraged. Easy to forget the powerful sense of possibility that drove Barack Obama into office — driven not only by an eagerness to put behind what many viewed as the failed Bush presidency, but also by a belief that America could overcome its isolation and arrogance, and rejoin the world.Read More
