What's for Dinner at the Peace Negotiations?; The Devil of Williamsburg
THIS WEEK: Staffers discuss the ongoing Israel-Palestine peace negotiations, a sex abuse case in...
What's for Dinner at the Peace Negotiations?; The Devil of Williamsburg
THIS WEEK: Staffers discuss the ongoing Israel-Palestine peace negotiations, a sex abuse case in...
Transgender Jews; Giving Up on Syria; Lipa Schmeltzer
THIS WEEK: How Jewish communities are responding to transgender Jews; Do we have a responsibility...
Weiner/Spitzer; A Forgotten Yiddish Poet Comes Home
THIS WEEK: Staffers debate the futures of Eliot Spitzer and Anthony Weiner and we take a look at...
YU Abuse Lawsuit; Pop Stars & BDS; 'World War Z'
LISTEN: The Yeshiva sex abuse lawsuit, Alicia Keys and the boycott Israel movement, the Zionist...
Court's Mixed Blessing; Kosovo's Jews; A Jew in Cajun Country
THIS WEEK: Jay Michaelson explains why the Supreme Court’s decisions were a mixed blessing; a...
Female Orthodox Leaders: New and Old
THIS WEEK: With the recent graduation of a first class of orthodox female religious leaders, we...
Radicals Against the Death Care Industry; Hasidic Anti-Zionist Rally; Six Words About Your Dad
THIS WEEK: Reporters discuss a gather of radical Jewish activists who want to take on the death...
John Kerry Stumps for Mideast Peace; Cory Booker's Philosemitism
THIS WEEK: Staffers discuss John Kerry’s trip to the Middle East; the prospects for peace and...
The Ultra-Orthodox Threat; A Classic Williamsburg Hat Store; 125 Years of Katz's Deli
THIS WEEK: Jay Michaelson discusses his blistering attack on the ultra-Orthodox, Nate Lavey...
Talmudic 'Development'; Orthodox Cinema; Chabad Power Struggle?; Top Kosher Dogs
THIS WEEK: Staffers debate the Talmudic qualities of the TV show, ‘Arrested Development,’ a...
The Personal Stories of the Warsaw Ghetto
While most German studies of the Holocaust center on the perpetrators, a new wave of historians...
Holocaust Claims Fraud; The Changing American Rabbinate; Comedian Marc Maron
THIS WEEK: How employees pilfered $57 million meant for Holocaust victims; the changing nature...
ADL Hits 100; Are Jews a Race?; Is Gwyneth Paltrow the Most Beautiful Woman?
THIS WEEK Staffers discuss the past, present and future of the ADL; a rogue scientist takes aim...
Jews and Sex Trafficking; Orthodox E-Rate Windfall; Six Word Memoirs
THIS WEEK: Staffers look at the Jewish communal response to sex trafficking; why one Orthodox...
Kotel Compromise; Supportive Rabbis; Hezbollah's Paper Pushers; Vice's Vices
THIS WEEK: A compromise for egalitarian prayer at the Western Wall; how one rabbis crossed...
100 Years of Centennials; How to Survive Passover
THIS WEEK: How to survive Passover; Why we will be celebrating the past 100 years for the next...
Favorite Rabbis; Obama in Israel; Newark and Philip Roth
THIS WEEK: Staffers discuss the Forward’s list of inspirational rabbis, how Obama is doing in...
Day School Struggling With Special Ed; the Rise of Gluten-free Matzo
THIS WEEK: What are the responsibilities of Jewish day schools to children with special needs;...
States Move to Extend Window on Child Sex Abuse Lawsuits; Was AIPAC Boring?
THIS WEEK: States move to extend the window on child sex abuse lLawsuits; was AIPAC boring this...
Abuse Allegations at YU Didn't End Abuse; Israel Lobby As Pop Culture
This Week: Staffers discuss the ongoing abuse scandal ay Yeshiva University and why the notion of...