U.S. Supreme Court
Shonda in the Supreme Court
The Hobby Lobby decision was bleak—and the outlook is worse still
Why Didn’t FDR Help European Jews? Hints in His Decision To Intern Japanese Americans
Now, 70 years after the Supreme Court upheld the internment of civilians in WWII, it may revisit the ruling
The Rabbi and the Supreme Court
His frequent flier status was revoked for complaining too much, so he sued
El Al Discrimination Charges; Scalia Loves The Soup Nazi
Plus Israel rules prostitution earnings can be taxed, and more in the news
A One-Man Supreme Court
Why a quarter of a million people turned out to mourn Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv
Other Supreme Court Decides Jerusalem Case
Rules that federal judiciary may mediate Congress-president feud
Tropical Storm
Henry Miller had complicated feelings about Jews, but his works wouldn’t have reached American audiences without them
Sundown: What, Syria Bad for Human Rights?
Plus the Supreme Court takes on Jerusalem, a Jew in Hogwarts, and more
How a British Museum Curator Discovered Noah’s Ark Would Have Been Round
Irving Finkel, an expert on ancient Mesopotamia, decodes a Babylonian tablet and traces its path to the Book of Genesis
After the Holocaust, the Dutch Tried To Collect Past Due Taxes From Survivors
How one shy, whistle-blowing intern in an Amsterdam archive uncovered a travesty that insulted a decimated community
Centuries Ago, Jews Were Farmers Like Everybody Else. Why Did They Leave the Fields?
Two economists argue that literacy, not laws forbidding land ownership, created a small, widely dispersed and highly skilled minority
- Debating the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Demands Empathy, Not Just History
- Remembering Estelle Getty, Who Would Have Turned 91 Today
- Gigantic Replica of Solomon’s Temple Opens in Brazil
- Graphic Novelist Liana Finck on Yiddish Letters, Teen Angst, and Becoming a Book Person
