Book Review // The Cost of Courage
The darkness lurking around the edges of heroism is the underlying and faintly troubling theme of Charles Kaiser’s The Cost of Courage, the story of a French family and the steep price its members paid for their work in the Resistance.
Good Yontif, Pontiff
The Apostolic Journey of Pope Francis to the U.S. starts hours before Kol Nidre on Tuesday, when he arrives at Joint Base Andrews in the Maryland suburbs. The timing, officials say, could not be avoided.
From Bullet to Bullhorn
How does a parent survive the death of a child?
Moment Mourns The Loss of Rabbi Harold S. White
A note from editor and publisher Nadine Epstein.
Book Review // On the Move
There is a seeming transparency in the prose of On the Move, the late Oliver Sacks’s memoir about leaving home and the divergent, sometimes vagabond, life he made.
Q&A: David Gregory on Finding His Faith
David Gregory talks interfaith marriage, Shabbat martinis, and what’s next.
Q&A: What Is Jewish Terrorism?
Daniel Byman, director of research and a senior fellow in the Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution and a professor at Georgetown University’s Security Studies Program, on the roots of Jewish terrorism and what can be done to address it.
Obama To Appeal Directly to American Jews on Iran Deal Friday
President Barack Obama on Friday will keynote a live webcast hosted by the Jewish Federations of North America and the member organizations of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations.
Wooing American Jews on the Iran Deal: A Timeline
The outreach since April has included a stream of conference calls and meetings.
Julian Bond, 1940-2015
An Activist Remembers Her Civil Rights Journey
Holocaust survivor Marione Ingram recalls her role in the civil rights movement on the 50-year anniversary of the Voting Rights Act.