Parshat Mishpatim: After the Ten Commandments, Learning About Specific Mitzvot
Now that the Jews have received the Ten Commandments at Mount Sinai (in last week’s Torah portion, Yitro) and accepted the Torah, G-d teaches...
Israel’s Debate Over the Separation of Powers
Cliff Rieders | JNS
The debate over the separation of powers is said to have originated in a proposal by the French political philosopher Montesquieu,...
Why I Laugh During Havdalah
Kylie Ora Lobell
When Shabbat ends, we light a braided candle, look at our fingernails near the fire, bless a cup of overflowing wine, sniff...
Amir Ohana’s Homophobic Detractors Are the Abomination
Shmuley Boteach | JNS
Amir Ohana’s historic appointment as the first openly gay man to serve as Speaker of the Knesset is a symbol of...
ChatGPT Can Write Verse, But Is No More Alive Than the Golem of Prague
Rodger Kamenetz | JTA
ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot with remarkable abilities to mimic human language, has been making big news. One stunt that’s...
Blinken Visits Israel
There were a lot of moving parts that added complexity and diplomatic tension to Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s recent trip to Israel, and...
Trial by Billboard
There was a skirmish last week in the Bay Area between the forces of Zionism and anti-Zionism. It took the form of messaging and,...
Letters to the Editor: February 10
‘Green Line’ an Artificial Border With No Basis in Law, History or Judaism
Susie Gelman of the Israel Policy Forum (Opinion, “Why the Pro-Settler Right...
Handing Down of the Ten Commandments From Sinai: Parshat Yitro
Moses’ father-in-law, Jethro (Yitro), who lives in Midian, hears the news of all the amazing miracles that G-d did for the Jewish people, and...
Why the Pro-Settler Right Hates Israel’s Justice System So Much
As Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new government places the Israeli Supreme Court in the crosshairs, concerned supporters of Israel, from the Biden administration to...
