A secular Jewish religion?
Secular Judaism should become a separate denomination, argues a new book - a bit too vigorously.
Speaking up
America's liberal Jews have the only voice powerful enough to fight self-defeating Israeli nationalism and US chauvinism. They must speak out
America’s liberal Jews
For the first time since the second world war, American Jews are largely absent from the anti-war movement. Yet, travelling from state to state, I found the liberal Jewish tradition still thriving
Israel lobby part 3
Both the Israel lobby and the oil lobby have warped US policy in the middle east. American patriots should reject both
Sense on antisemitism
The rise of antisemitism in Europe is exaggerated. Why? A mix of paranoia and a means of deflecting criticism from Israel. European Jews have never enjoyed such freedom and success
Previous convictions
Le Pen makes me question my French nationality
Levi’s inferno
As German Jews held to the culture of Goethe, so Primo Levi summoned Dante in Auschwitz. His struggle was with literature as well as testimony
Jewish imagination
Now is the time to stand against all religious fundamentalism
Lost tribes of Israel
Israel's five distinct political-demographic tribes are locked in a many-sided conflict over the future of its democracy. Is Israel a not-quite-finished Zionist revolution or a not-quite-finished Hebrew democracy?
The Holocaust industry
The "Holocaust industry" is driven by American and Israeli interests. But, says Samuel Brittan, no one can fully explain why it took so long to emerge
Seminar in the sand
An emotional seminar in Gaza reminds me of my Solidarity days