Looking back at 50 years of Havurat Shalom, one of the longest-lasting creations of the havurah movement

Ruth the Moabite said she’d follow her mother-in-law, Naomi, anywhere, making her an enduring symbol of loyalty, faith, and determination. Just in time for Shavuot, when the Book of Ruth is read, we present three modern-day Ruth stories.

Ep. 136: In honor of Shavuot, stories from people around the globe who have chosen to be Jewish

Ep. 137: Yossi Klein Halevi’s ‘Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor,’ New York Times political reporter Astead Herndon

The Jewish Diaspora versus the national-policy interests of the Jewish state: a dispatch from a confounding forum on the rise and spread of an old hatred

The reality is much messier than the partisan echo chambers would have you believe

Rokhl’s Golden City: The turn-of-the-century proto-feminist melodrama ‘One of Those,’ and the allure of Holocaust-studies failure

A dispatch from David Levinthal’s doll-house diorama factory, where the photographer plays with the line between real and pretend

Godard gets stiffed. Ukrainian gets punched. Spike Lee’s KKK Disneyland. And more from the Croisette.