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Catch up on the latest news headlines and each day’s fascinating feature stories and opinion essays, plus Jewish communities, culture, entertainment and food.
You'll find a survey of what's new and interesting — and, sometimes, old and interesting — in the world of Jewish arts, ideas, and culture. Here, you'll see the latest from our long-running advice column, the Bintel Brief; first-person essays examining the breadth of Jewish experience; reviews of the most significant new Jewish books, plays and movies; and profiles of the artists helping to keep Jewish life vibrant in the 21st century. Plus, we'll update you with the latest Jewish news of the day.
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Recent Newsletters
August 16, 2024 -
5 great stories you might have missed this summer
April 25, 2024 -
USC axes commencement amid campus unrest • Columbia is roiled by protests — do its neighbors care? • Opinion | The Jewish value of campus protests
April 22, 2024 -
Major Columbia donor withdraws amid chaos • Opinion | It's Passover, and time for a ceasefire • I studied with Edward Said — he tried to erase Jews
April 11, 2024 -
Blaze Bernstein’s cryptic final texts revealed • What do you do with a problem like a band called 'The Jews'? • A crisis at HIAS
March 28, 2024 -
Did Israel's High Court end the Haredi draft loophole? • Opinion | Settlers turn violence against IDF • Why is Justice Breyer’s bookshelf so weird?
March 21, 2024 -
Did Princess Kate fixation unearth an unsavory Jewish secret? • Is this what it's like inside Hamas tunnels? • 7 perfect under-the-radar Purim treats
March 14, 2024 -
Why are pro-Israel orgs lauding a domestic abuser? • Why is J.K. Rowling bringing up the Shoah? • Why are writers criticizing a free speech watchdog?
March 7, 2024 -
A Yiddish spin to a controversial cover story • Israelis wonder: ‘What is a good future?’ • The secrets of Isaac Bashevis Singer's translator
February 15, 2024 -
Israeli escape rooms mimic wartime reality • Why superstar Killian Mbappe should join my shul soccer team • LGBTQ+ group asks candidates about Israel
February 8, 2024 -
Are Israelis 'white colonizers'? • Opinion | 17.6 billion ways Republicans failed Israel • George Santos too 'jaded' to vote for his replacement
February 1, 2024 -
Why Israel wants to paint Gaza as a would-be paradise • The sidelining of a great Israeli cookbook • Opinion | UNRWA is just the UN’s latest failing
January 25, 2024 -
Israelis feel bonded to specific hostages — we asked why • How Norman Jewison changed Lee Grant's life • Opinion | Don’t mistake Houthis for heroes
January 20, 2024 -
Israel's treatment of Palestinian journalists in the spotlight • 'Law and Order' takes on Israel-Hamas war • Teen drama at Auschwitz
January 18, 2024 -
The war online is all about sex appeal • The truth behind a great Jewish philosopher’s excommunication • Our favorite Jewish jokes about love
January 17, 2024 -
The prayer that became a war anthem • Novel about Israel's early days starts online maelstrom • First trailer of 'Tattooist of Auschwitz'
January 16, 2024 -
Was a Jewish poet assassinated in Russia? • When Elie Wiesel went to Disneyland • Biden aide: Israel must clarify postwar vision
January 11, 2024 -
Talmud 101 (for the online bigots) • Hannah Arendt on Netanyahu and Trump • How to say 'tunnel' in Yiddish • What happened with Israel at the Hague?
January 9, 2024 -
So, why were those yeshiva students building a tunnel? • A great Jewish story (starring Anthony Hopkins) • Why does Hollywood keep stereotyping Jews?
January 4, 2024 -
An old antisemitic conspiracy theory returns • How the war in Israel could upend the Golden Globes • Why Elon Musk is headed to Auschwitz
January 2, 2024 -
Opinion | Harvard prez's resignation is bad for the Jews • The Israeli power broker no one mentions • How a Jewish candidate scared Lauren Boebert
December 28, 2023 -
Jewish pop culture predictions for 2024 • Takeaways from 10 days reporting in Israel • 2 Israeli-Americans, thought to be hostages, confirmed dead
December 27, 2023 -
Opinion | Can we save Israel by ditching Zionism? • What shiva shares with therapy • With ‘The Color Purple,’ scrutiny of Alice Walker’s antisemitism
December 26, 2023 -
The best Jewish books of 2023 • Kanye West apologizes — in Hebrew • A landmark new Yiddish drama hits the New York stage
December 20, 2023 -
Opinion | Netanyahu had one job — he failed • An unbearably tedious Holocaust movie • The best Jewish (and Jew-ish) books of 2023
December 19, 2023 -
This year's most stunning moment in Jewish film • Opinion | Why we must help Palestinian farmers • Day school alums: 'We were misled about Israel'
December 7, 2023 -
Aftermath of a kibbutz massacre • Defending Julianna Margulies • Every Hanukkah movie and TV show worth knowing about, plus a Yiddish Hanukkah song
December 5, 2023 -
How a new culture war weaponizes hummus • War as a diet plan, and other crass PR gimmicks • Meet the hot Israeli comic striving for irrelevance
December 4, 2023 -
The Juliana Margulies scandal isn't as simple as you think • Israel's #1 song is a cry of anger and anguish • Tough words for liberal New York Jews
November 29, 2023 -
Should American Jews hide their identities? • Were Siskel & Ebert Talmudic scholars in disguise? • On Showtime, a deeply Jewish comedy of atonement
November 28, 2023 -
When will the war end? (And other 6th graders' questions) • How dogs are welcoming released hostages • This Jewish woman became a sci-fi pioneer
November 22, 2023 -
Hostage families await loved ones' return • Is there a generation gap over Israel? • Has the media kidnapped our narrative? • Giving thanks in Yiddish
November 21, 2023 -
Opinion | The Israel hostage deal is the best we could hope for • What the hostages need from us • How to discuss the war at Thanksgiving
November 16, 2023 -
Why Osama Bin Laden and Elon Musk's antisemitism are trending • Opinion | A cease-fire is not the answer • How we failed Vivian Silver
November 15, 2023 -
Remembering slain peace activist Vivian Silver • What war photographers are really doing in Gaza • Bernie Sanders' surprising new job description
November 14, 2023 -
Marching for Israel and against antisemitism attracts a big crowd — in some cases, maybe even too big
November 13, 2023 -
Why Jews will march for Israel tomorrow • Does Biden need another Charlottesville moment? • The Streisand book you haven't read about
November 8, 2023 -
Opinion | Censuring Rashida Tlaib was wrong • How the Baal Shem Tov made his big-screen debut • Opinion | Antisemitism isn't Judaism's greatest threat
November 7, 2023 -
Death of Jewish protester in LA 'not crystal clear' • Opinion | For Hamas, no lives matter • What following in Barbra Streisand's footsteps taught me
November 6, 2023 -
What does a 'pause' in the war mean anyway? • How Israeli shelters became sexual status symbols • After kidnappings, the most terrifying bedtime story
November 2, 2023 -
After Oct. 7, an outpouring of anguish and poetry • Is this a great awakening for American Jews? • Israel's Oscar submission is not about the war
November 1, 2023 -
I rescued a murdered Palestinian's donkey • MLK's daughter vs. Amy Schumer on Israel • How Jews saved my diner from an Israel boycott
October 31, 2023 -
How Israel-Palestine killed academic discourse • Why calling Israel's actions 'genocide' is dangerous • What we can learn from Israeli horror films
October 30, 2023 -
Fear and antisemitism at Cornell • How an Israeli tattoo artist confronts her country's grief • Could the war with Hamas spiral into World War III?
October 29, 2023 -
Be wary of calling Oct. 7 a pogrom • A kibbutz's panicked texts become a work of art • Opinion | I'm Harvard's president — we must fight antisemitism
October 26, 2023 -
How the Star of David is being trashed • Opinion | One college got its Hamas response right • This unforgettable Holocaust film is suddenly timely