“Part of what makes the modern use of ‘winning’ so strange is that it’s often used in contexts that are not competitions”
Part of what makes the modern use of “winning” so strange is that it’s...
“The gap is real between American and Israeli Jews, with the exception of small pockets of like-minded communities…”
The gap is real between American and Israeli Jews, with the exception of small...
“We entered the war against Germany in 1941, but not because they were Nazis…”
We entered the war against Germany in 1941, but not because they were Nazis....
“The central challenge facing the process towards M&A in the Jewish ecosystem is money…”
The central challenge facing the process towards M&A in the Jewish ecosystem is money,...
“In our time, the Jewish community’s “functional consensus”, forged in the mid-twentieth century, has nearly unraveled…”
Historians of American Jews are accustomed to a different conceptualization of the past, one...
“The pull-up is the apotheosis of beauty-strength, a motion that unites virtually every muscle group — and one that is surprisingly hard to perfect”
A proper pull-up is a yogic feat of concentration and grace. It is possible...
“Parenting is a universal phenomenon, so it is hard to say that there is a Jewish way to parent”
Parenting is a universal phenomenon, so it is hard to say that there is...
“Fighting for the holy, big, silent majority, mainstream middle I think is going to be one of the major moral battles of our time”
They are playing in a social climate that is increasingly characteristic both here and...
“It is time to start treating the gap between Israeli and American Jews as spectral in color rather than monochromatic
It is time to start treating the gap between Israeli and American Jews as...
“Back before Buffy and Katniss, Besson was one of the only directors championing stories with women as action leads”
Back before Buffy and Katniss, Besson was one of the only directors championing stories...