Adam Chandler
Adam Chandler is the editor of The Scroll. His work has appeared in The Atlantic, Salon, Haaretz, the Jerusalem Post, the Huffington Post, and elsewhere. He tweets @allmychandler.
Greetings from South By Southwest
The Scroll is on location at the massive tech gathering in Austin
Daybreak: Obama Sets Goals for Israel Trip
Plus taking another look at FDR and the Jews
Sundown: 70-Seat Israeli Coalition Coalescing
Plus a terror trial in New York and a wedding day letter
The Scene at Hugo Chávez’s Funeral
In case you were wondering…
Yair Lapid To Settle for Finance Ministry?
Report says after holding out for foreign minister post, Lapid will yield
‘Haaretz’ Corrects Forced-Contraception Story
Over a month too late, an explosive story loses its bite
Daybreak: Orthodox on the Rise
Plus Samira Ibrahim is probably not gonna get that State Department award
Sundown: Senator Carl Levin to Call It Quits
Plus the State Department postpones honor for Egyptian anti-Semite
How Jewish Expulsions Are Related to Weather
No, seriously.
Israeli Coalition Jockeying Continues
With nine days to go, things are getting interesting
Daybreak: Rand Paul’s Filibuster Ends
Plus Silvio Berlusconi gets a year in jail
Sundown: Suspect in Hit-and-Run Arrested
Plus Syrian rebels capture UN peacemakers in the Golan Heights
‘The Big Lebowski’ and Oreos Celebrate Birthdays
How 1998 forever changed Judaism across the world
AIPAC Member Sanctions D.C. Waitress
Wearing a Code Pink shirt will only get you 10%
French Public School Refuses Pork Alternatives
And just as horsemeat is becoming trendy
Excerpt: Solomon’s Island
The Internet says the Lost Temple of Israel is hidden in the South Pacific. A reporter went to investigate.
Neighborhood Bully
Why the Israel Defense Forces hit Syria—and why they believe that Assad won’t hit back
Even Criminals Rest in Peace
What would Jewish law have to say about alleged Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s burial?
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The Mideast Crack-Up
By David Samuels — Robert Worth, David Goldman, Edward Luttwak, Amos Harel, Nathan Thrall, and Lee Smith on the new Arab mapDumb and Dumber
By David P. Goldman — How neocons and Obama liberals have created catastrophe by consensus in the Middle EastJohn Kerry’s Silly Play
By Lee Smith — The secretary of state prattles about imaginary treaties while the Arab world is engulfed by a Sunni-Shia civil warNew York Rabbi’s Awful Award
By Jeremy Menchik — Why is a Jewish group dedicated to tolerance honoring a politician who has failed to support religious minorities?Ed Koch’s Catholic Send-off
By Jonathan R. Cohen — The former mayor, who had a deep relationship with Catholicism, will be memorialized in a Mass at St. Patrick's
Who Can Follow These Rules?
When Berlin Meant Business
Robby Krieger on the Death of Ray Manzarek
Hating Gwyneth Paltrow
Israel’s New Culinary Chemists
The Other Torah
Bar Mitzvahs on the Beach
Boruch Spiegel (1919-2013)
How Stephen Hawking Is Wrong
Cutting Family Ties
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When Berlin Meant Business
Berlin was once home to 50,000 Jewish-owned businesses. A historian is now obsessively reconstructing their demise.
In Praise of Dairy Restaurants
A visit to B&H Restaurant on Second Avenue brings back memories of milchig establishments of yore
Curse of the Survivor
Singer Vera Gran was haunted by allegations of Nazi collaboration. A new book asks if survival made her guilty.


