Tracy Frydberg
By Tracy Frydberg
-
Opinion Coronavirus flipped the power dynamics between Israel and the Diaspora
For the first time in Israel’s now 72 years, we are living at a moment in which both the Jewish people and the nation-state are fighting the same global threat. Also for perhaps the first time, Israel’s answer to the challenges of world Jewry cannot be to offer itself as a safe-haven — at least…
-
Life Feeling Jewish peoplehood in the time of corona
My mother teaches a classroom of 2-year-olds at a Jewish day school in Houston, Tex. Ever since the novel coronavirus hit and school turned virtual, she’s been sending YouTube videos to her yeladim. One YouTube followed “Morah Sandy’s” Shabbat cooking preparations. “I wish y’all had smellovision!” she said, showing off her golden challahs. This reminded…
-
Opinion American Jewish Identity Is Now Expressed Through Opposing Israel – And Vice Versa
I recently met with a young liberal Jewish activist — let’s call him Josh — at a hip Brooklyn coffee shop, where over $5 cups of cold brew filled mostly with ice, we discussed the revival of the Jewish left and the arc of Josh’s own Jewish identity. Now in his late twenties, Josh grew…
Explore
Most Popular
- 1
Opinion Outrage over Nicholas Kristof’s op-ed on sexual assault of Palestinians is missing the point
- 2
Culture At Eurovision, Israel’s near triumph shows the limits of tolerance
- 3
Opinion The profound internal contradiction that could spell doom for Hillel
- 4
Opinion I run The Jewish Theological Seminary. Here’s the real story about President Isaac Herzog speaking at our commencement
In Case You Missed It
-
Opinion Don’t dismiss Israel’s most rage-baiting minister as fringe
-
Fast Forward Gaza and Israel go unmentioned in Democrats’ 2024 election autopsy report
-
Fast Forward Argentine official who investigated death of AMIA prosecutor charged with covering up evidence
-
News The Black Jewish experience, and Black-Jewish relations, take center stage on Fifth Avenue