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Image: A Work of Glitch Art A Yiddish Word Goes Galactic by Anna Isaacs Technology…

But Is It Good For the Judeans? by Marilyn Cooper These days, all eyes are…

A Comprehensive History by Hilary Weissman, with additional reporting by Sala Levin For a brief…

Who’s Afraid of the Evil Eye? by George E. Johnson In 2004, the stoic, cowboy-esque…

Is “Ultra-Orthodox” Out? by Sala Levin A quiet but steady change has been afoot for…

Exploring the Origin of the Term “Philistine” by Caitlin Yoshiko Kandil It’s a story almost…

By George E. Johnson In his autobiography, Songs My Mother Taught Me, Marlon Brando writes…

Going Down From Heaven—or Israel Everyone knows what it means to make aliyah, but the…

  The term “ghetto” holds a profound history of discrimination. It originated in Venice in…