The Honorable Judge Ruth I. Abrams of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts passed away at 88. Judge Abrams, like the Notorious RBG, was one of the first women given admission into Harvard Law School...
TJS S3E15 Israel among the nations part III: Operation Kadesh
The Sinai campaign was many things – a preemptive strike against Israel’s enemies, the last gasp of colonialism in the Middle East and a complete failure of international law. This...
JewliciousEats: Annual Rosh HaShana Recipe Roundup 5780
L’SHANA TOVA. Hello from Paris, La Defense, where I am busy compiling the annual recipe roundup this week. Of course, we will start with the queen of all holiday recipes… John Nathan. Ms...
You vote for Likud – Not BIBI
In Israel we vote for the party, not the man. In Israel we have learned how to separate our personal feelings for the individual from his politics. In Israel we know that stakes are too high to get...
TJS S3E14 Israel among the nations part II: War approaches
The clock is counting down toward the 1956 Sinai Campaign. Before we can tell that story the threads of the Cold War, infiltration and post-colonial politics have to come together.
TJS S3E13 Israel Among the Nations part I: The Lavon Affair
The 1950’s were a formative time in Israeli history. Te Cold War was getting hot, internal politics were volatile, and the it seemed as if the War of Independence had not quite ended. To...
TJS S3E12 The Reparations Controversy
The focus of our story has returned to the land of Israel, where it is once again a time of controversy. Despite the population growth, the economic hardships and the security challenges, the most...
TJS S3 Interlude: 9th of Av
Some timely questions for a difficult day. How do we reach redemption if we don’t know what it looks like? How do we transform suffering into a source of positive identity? And what does it...
TJS S3 Interlude: Am Yisrael and the postmodern challenge
Taking a break from the flow of history to think about a pressing current issue. Where does the breakdown of classic understandings of identity and authority associated with the postmodern age leave...
Claus von Stauffenberg Was No Hero
Germany this week is honoring the people who attempted to assassinate Adolph Hitler 75 years ago, in July 1945. But why? Because to this day the Germans cling to this failed coups as a symbol of the...