David Fine
David Fine is a senior at Columbia. He is editor emeritus of The Current.
A Very Kosher Christmas in SoHo
How a trendy eatery is battling the laws of physics to redefine kosher cuisine
Talking to Edon Pinchot of ‘America’s Got Talent’
Judge Howie Mandel says the kippah-clad 14-year-old could win it all
Kosher Food Goes SoHo Chic
The owners of Jezebel, a new restaurant in Manhattan, try to give kosher cuisine a trendy home downtown
Sundown: Israel Rethinks Strategy Toward Syria
Plus Colorado movie theater shooter identified, and more
Postscript: Rav Elyashiv
The highly influential rabbi and power broker was mentored by Rav Kook
Tony Romo Plays Jewball
The Dallas Cowboys Quarterback has been hooping in a JCC league all summer—and he isn’t holding back.
Assad Aide Joins Ivy League
Should Columbia rescind the acceptance of Sheherazad Jaafari, who spun her boss’s atrocities to the press?
Steering Committee
The government cleared a Barnard professor of discriminating against a Jewish student. Now the student claims investigators weren’t told the whole truth.
Unwelcome
An Orthodox Jewish student says she was steered away from an Arab-studies course at Columbia University. The Education Department is investigating.
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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Sundown: Israel, Syria Exchange Gunfire at Border
6:44 PM —Plus Steve Cohen, Al Jazeera, and Mila Kunis
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Robby Krieger on the Death of Ray Manzarek
2:31 PM —The Doors guitarist remembers the influential keyboardist
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The Jewishness of ‘Lolita’ and Humbert Humbert
1:12 PM —Putting Lolita‘s famous creep through an exegesis
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Bin Laden’s Son-in-Law Wants to Keep His Jewish Lawyer
11:37 AM —The Jewish judge in the case is trying to dissuade him
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Documenting a New York City Matzoh Institution
10:30 AM —Two young filmmakers are bringing the story of Streit’s Matzo Factory to life
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Daybreak: EU Aims to Blacklist Hezbollah
9:02 AM —Plus the Claims Conference and the Department of Justice
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Qatar’s Call for Peace and Muhammed al-Dura
3:47 PM —How is Israel still responsible for regional peace?
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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 EastEd 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'sWhen Berlin Meant Business
By Vox Tablet — Berlin was once home to 50,000 Jewish-owned businesses. A historian is now obsessively reconstructing their demise.Who Can Follow These Rules?
By Adam Kirsch — This week’s Talmud reading prompts strikingly contemporary questions about observance and belief
New York Rabbi’s Awful Award
Hating Gwyneth Paltrow
The Other Torah
Robby Krieger on the Death of Ray Manzarek
Bar Mitzvahs on the Beach
Israel’s New Culinary Chemists
Dangling Men
How Stephen Hawking Is Wrong
Cutting Family Ties
Field Study
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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.


