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19 May 2022

18 Iyyar 5782

The Lesson I Learned in Meron

A Lag Ba’Omer celebration taught me to value the diversity of the Jewish community

byDavid Spinrad

FICTION

When Jewish Children Take to Arms

A Lag Ba’Omer story, newly translated

bySholem Aleichem

Night at Meron

A story for Lag Ba’Omer written by S. Yizhar years before he became a master of Hebrew literature—here, in English for the first time

byYossi Schweig

FICTION

When Jewish Children Take to Arms

A Lag Ba’Omer story, newly translated

bySholem Aleichem

Night at Meron

A story for Lag Ba’Omer written by S. Yizhar years before he became a master of Hebrew literature—here, in English for the first time

byYossi Schweig

There is something inside those who have elected to stay and fight, however subconscious, that is willing to accept death.

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Popular in everything from stews and sauces to sandwiches and egg dishes, harissa has traveled far from its Tunisian roots

byPaola Gavin

The Defenders of Mariupol

Branding the Azov Battalion as ‘neo-Nazi’ long after it shed its far-right origins is part of a deafening corruption of public discourse

byVladislav Davidzon

EEAAO!!!!

The best movie of the year is a spectacular, multilevel meditation on what it means to be Jewish, or any other kind of human

byLiel Leibovitz

Murder on the Beach

Paraguay’s slain criminal prosecutor Marcelo Pecci made many enemies in his lifelong effort to protect the rule of law. One of them was Hezbollah.

byEmanuele Ottolenghi

Eitan Bernath Is on Top of the ‘World’

After making a name for himself as a kitchen wunderkind on ‘Chopped,’ he built a huge following online. Now, at age 20, he’s publishing his first cookbook. And, oh, by the way, all the recipes are kosher.

byLeah Koenig

Three Big Questions That the American Establishment Got Wrong

Who benefited from the obvious nonsense that became post-Cold War America’s trade, foreign, and federal deficit policies?

byMichael Lind

This view of Jews as a race was also of course the view held by the Nazis, but it was common even among non-antisemites in 1800s America.

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The Defenders of Mariupol

byVladislav Davidzon

Murder on the Beach

byEmanuele Ottolenghi

Three Big Questions That the American Establishment Got Wrong

When Jewish Children Take to Arms

bySholem Aleichem

Arcade Fire’s Age of Doubt

byDavid Meir Grossman

Finding Meaning in the Margins

byJonathan Silin

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The Equality of Sickness and Death

byAnne Dubitzky

Israel’s Memorial Day

byGil Troy

Israel’s Minister of the Hyphen

byMatti Friedman

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Red Hot Chili Peppers

byPaola Gavin

Eitan Bernath Is on Top of the ‘World’

byLeah Koenig

For the Love of Mackerel

byNina Lichtenstein

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Was Slavery in Egypt So Bad?

The Lesson I Learned in Meron

The Auto-da-fé of Mexico City

byRonnie Perelis

How British and American Elites Failed to Stop the Jewish State

byMike Watson

Theodor Herzl’s Cursed Children

Why Complex Systems Collapse Faster

byUgo Bardi

The Mask Debacle

byJacob Hale RussellandDennis Patterson

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When in Rome, Do as the Jerusalemites Do

byElhanan Miller

Baseball’s Golden Age

byTevi Troy

Ariel Helwani Won’t Back Down

byElie Bleier

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