It wasn’t as big as Batman, but ‘Mendy and the Golem’ gave Jewish kids a taste of pop culture—with a rabbinical seal of approval

Talmudic rabbis, like us, can only study the course of history for the elusive signs of God’s intentions

Nicholas Kristof’s totally reasonable, utterly delusional recipe for peace

In Hollywood’s twisted view of hardliners, lessons for our generals, diplomats, and politicians

In a struggle against the idea of history, Jewish life strives to change as little as possible, even when new religions take over

New rituals create ways to symbolically acknowledge Jews’ covenant with God without actually circumcising infants

John Kerry’s failed peace negotiations set off the spiral of violence between Israel and the Palestinians

Talmudic thinkers debate the ethics of winning God’s favor, and when a holy person can be too righteous

Talmudic rabbis debate Jewish solidarity in the face of misfortune, a communal imperative that still holds today

A Unit 8200 networking event in Tel Aviv shows why Israel has won and the Arabs have lost