“…when pushed to explain why the much-promised two-state solution is perennially stuck, always the answer is to blame Arab obstructionism”
Whenever the claim that Israel stole Palestinian lands is heard, Israel inevitably answers, “We...
“The Conservative movement is torn between two conflicting positive imperatives…”
“The Conservative movement is torn between two conflicting positive imperatives,” said Steven Bayme, director...
“Every beer is a brewer’s invention to some degree—a combination of ingredients that could never be found in nature”
Every beer is a brewer’s invention to some degree—a combination of ingredients that could...
“We need to talk about the real ‘problem with the discourse’, which is the cheap culture of false equivalency and its exploitation”
We need to talk about the real “problem with the discourse”, which is the...
“The process for making beer was different in the ancient world from that used today, and it didn’t include the addition of hops or carbonation”
Barley, one of the more popular grains for making beer in the ancient world,...
“The family purity handbook shares the qualities of the other halakhic handbooks…, but it has a history of its own”
The family purity handbook shares the qualities of the other halakhic handbooks…, but it...
“Trolls work through abstraction, leveraging the internet and irony to carve out a space between actions and consequences”
Trolls work through abstraction, leveraging the internet and irony to carve out a space...
“…a Palestinian child, if asked to sketch the map, would produce one that’s amazingly similar to what a Jewish Israeli child would come up with”
It’s a reasonable assumption that a Palestinian child, if asked to sketch the map,...
“The parties and politicians of the center have become the managers of the status quo in an era when people want change. So, the center — in both its center-right and center-left camps — is marginalized, even despised”
The same dynamics are splintering the left, too. One element has aligned with the...
“The Zionist movement succeeded in creating a homeland for the Jewish people in the Land of Israel over sixty years ago”
The Zionist movement succeeded in creating a homeland for the Jewish people in the...