Jay Michaelson
‘Harry Potter And The Cursed Child’ Is Jewish — And Dark
“The whole play feels like a post-Holocaust meditation on survivor’s guilt, pain and intergenerational trauma.”
Every Haggadah You Need For Passover This Year (And Some You Might Not)
Of course, some of these haggadahs aren’t for everyone. But if you’re looking for a woke, rhyming Haggadah, we’ve got the right one for you.
The NRA Has An Anti-Semitism Problem
LaPierre’s speech never mentioned the word “Jews.” And yet, nearly every example of the “enemy” was Jewish.
Mike Pence’s Love Of Israel Is Dangerous For Jews
The Pence fiasco is part of a larger pattern of American evangelicals who are in love with a fictional Israel and fictional Jews. And it’s dangerous.
Be ‘Naughty’! Shop At Stores That Don’t Only Embrace Christmas.
They’re making a list and checking it twice — the retailers that say the inclusive “Happy Holidays” are naughty …And that’s where you should shop.
How To Survive Your Trump-Supporting Relatives This Holiday Season
Start with jujitsu (sort of).
The Heretical Gnosticism Of Darren Aronofsky’s Most Daring Film
The target of “Mother” is nothing less than the entirety of patriarchal religion and society, and its method is a rigorous gnostic allegory.
4 Reasons Republican Jews Are Still In Denial About Trump
Have white supremacists really “never been welcome in the GOP”? Quite the contrary!
Shame On You, Jewish Voice For Peace, For Targeting Pro-Israel Gays
Unless and until JVP becomes a formally LGBTQ organization, it is a straight organization targeting queer people. That is evil.
Dead Wrong: Roger Ailes’s Destructive Legacy
Fox News, which Ailes founded, relentlessly dumbed-down and angered-up American media.
