A New Tool for Jewish Philanthropy
The Jewish philanthropic sector is valued in the billions of dollars. It is, literally, a very big business. It is comprised of organizations and...
Parshat Mishpatim: After the Ten Commandments, Learning About Specific Mitzvot
Now that the Jews have received the Ten Commandments at Mount Sinai (in last week’s Torah portion, Yitro) and accepted the Torah, G-d teaches...
Israel’s Debate Over the Separation of Powers
Cliff Rieders | JNS
The debate over the separation of powers is said to have originated in a proposal by the French political philosopher Montesquieu,...
Why I Laugh During Havdalah
Kylie Ora Lobell
When Shabbat ends, we light a braided candle, look at our fingernails near the fire, bless a cup of overflowing wine, sniff...
Amir Ohana’s Homophobic Detractors Are the Abomination
Shmuley Boteach | JNS
Amir Ohana’s historic appointment as the first openly gay man to serve as Speaker of the Knesset is a symbol of...
ChatGPT Can Write Verse, But Is No More Alive Than the Golem of Prague
Rodger Kamenetz | JTA
ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot with remarkable abilities to mimic human language, has been making big news. One stunt that’s...
Blinken Visits Israel
There were a lot of moving parts that added complexity and diplomatic tension to Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s recent trip to Israel, and...
Trial by Billboard
There was a skirmish last week in the Bay Area between the forces of Zionism and anti-Zionism. It took the form of messaging and,...
Letters to the Editor: February 10
‘Green Line’ an Artificial Border With No Basis in Law, History or Judaism
Susie Gelman of the Israel Policy Forum (Opinion, “Why the Pro-Settler Right...
Handing Down of the Ten Commandments From Sinai: Parshat Yitro
Moses’ father-in-law, Jethro (Yitro), who lives in Midian, hears the news of all the amazing miracles that G-d did for the Jewish people, and...
