Ideas Why the Entebbe rescue almost didn’t happen — and how Israel is still wrestling with the same tough questions 48 years later Before the raid in Uganda, Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Defense Minister Shimon Peres argued over whether to negotiate with terrorists. By Ami Eden July 4, 2024 7:35 am
Ideas When the political stakes are high, Judaism doesn’t place all the responsibility on a single charismatic leader Leadership and citizenship are about sharing the burden, writes a senior vice president at the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America. July 3, 2024 3:52 pm
The Sit-Down Ideas Legal scholar Noah Feldman on the 10 Commandments, Christian nationalism and the Jewish future of church and state A push for religious symbols in the public square is “bad for having a culture in which lots of different religious traditions including Judaism are allowed to flourish.” June 30, 2024 6:45 am
Ideas The battle over Louisiana’s Ten Commandments law is over the future of church-state separation By Michael A. Helfand June 26, 2024 2:41 pm
Ideas The Reform movement’s decision to admit intermarried rabbis is good. Truly welcoming them would be great. By Edmund C. Case June 25, 2024 3:12 pm
Ideas In the 1940s, Jewish scholars planned a museum about the world they were losing By Andrew Silow-Carroll June 23, 2024 6:45 am
Ideas Israelis are getting religion, in spite of a coercive Chief Rabbinate By Rabbi Kenneth Brander June 21, 2024 5:27 pm
Ideas Made to feel unwelcome at Pride, LGBTQ Jews will not cede joy By Idit Klein June 21, 2024 1:52 pm
Ideas Jews are in a moment of broken illusions, but we’re stronger than we think By Dr. Mijal Bitton June 19, 2024 4:00 pm