Arts & Culture
How Jews became white
Review
“Bad Jews: A History of American Jewish Politics and Identities”
by Emily Tamkin. New York: HarperCollins, 2022.
256 pages | $28.99.
In her introduction, author Emily...
Raskin, Tannen speak at Beth El in Alexandria
As lead impeachment manager, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) headed the effort to convict President Donald Trump in his second Senate trial.
That 2021 impeachment, like...
What’s so funny about antisemitism?
Alex Edelman is tired. He just flew home to New York on a red-eye. About halfway through a recent Zoom conversation, he pulled out...
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Nation and World
Some Jewish groups are quiet on far-right extremists’ election in Israel
Few of the American Jewish groups who would not speak out about the prospect of extremists in government before Israel’s elections have done so...
Anne Frank, Christian?
By Andrew Lapin
The Republican nominee for Congress in Texas’ 7th district is a self-proclaimed history buff, but his take on Anne Frank is not...
Did you enter a Jewish building, event or program this year?
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By Larry Luxner
When Jewish summer camps unexpectedly had to cancel their summer programs two years ago after the COVID-19 pandemic hit and before vaccines...
Top Picks
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Family and friends of sisters Jillian and Lindsay Wiener came to Washington Hebrew Congregation today to mourn their passing. Jillian, 21, and Lindsay, 19, both ...
- Pets & Vets
Members of Beth El Hebrew Congregation brought their best friends on four legs to the synagogue parking lot on Oct. 29 for a blessing of ...
- Jewish lives lost to the coronavirus
Chabad.org is working on a project to record and recall every member of the Jewish community who has perished during this plague. Yaakov Abayev ● ...
- Risa Simon: No dog left behind
Noses and eyes are trained toward the kitchen of a Rockville home, where food is being prepared. Impatient diners pace or whine a little, with ...
- What are ‘Judeo-Christian values’? Analyzing a divisive term
A debate that reveals deep political differences
Food and Dining
It’s about (pie) time
Quiche, cheesecake, Shepard’s pie, any pie … my children say I make round foods well. I’ll take the compliment. And it’s true that there...
A world in an etrog
Consider the etrog.
A citrus fruit with a lemony floral scent, it is one of the Four Species of Sukkot, taken in hand and shaken...
Downsizing the turkey dinner
This is not your Thanksgiving turkey feast, but it could certainly work for a smaller high holidays meal.
This boneless roast is a smaller, simpler,...
