Despite the ancient age of my people, we still have the identity of a teenager going through a painful puberty.…
Who is a Jew? English Edition
The question “Who is a Jew?” may be as old as the Jewish people itself. However, it seems to me…
When I bade farewell to my grandfather Zvi Meltzer on the Vishnyeva railway station platform in Belarus at the start…
The name “Sepharad” appears only once in the Bible. The Book of Obadiah says “the exiles from Jerusalem who are…
I grew up in Baghdad in a wealthy and mixed neighborhood. One of my closest friends was the son of…
The fish doesn’t know what water is, until he is taken out of the water. Then he suddenly underst ands…
Recently, more than a n y t h i n g else, I would like to have my Judaism removed.…
By: Donniel Hartman Jewish i d e n t i t y was first forged from the tension between an identity…
By: Hillel Halkin If it were possible, wouldn’t it be great to go back to the world of Naomi and Ruth…
By: Yaakov Malkin Everyone is a believer. The nickname “nonbeliever” is a name the religiously observant have given to those of…
By: Gilad Kariv It isn’t necessary to be a revered expert in the history of the Jewish people to know how…
By: Ruth Gavison My starting point is interest in the welfare of Jews as individuals and interest in the future…
By: Yuli (Yoel) Edelstein The answer to “Who is a Jew?” is of course dependent on place, time and circumstance. Certainly,…
By: David Stav The secret of the Jewish people’s survival has always intrigued thinkers – Jews and non-Jews alike, the…
“How deeply Jewish is Hollywood?” asked Joel Stein, a Jewish Hollywood producer, in a piece for the Los Angeles Times…
“I’m Jewish because love my family Matzoh ball soup. I’m Jewish because my fathers mothers uncles grandmothers said ‘Jewish’, all…