September 2017
- Jewish food writer Joan Nathan knew her relative became a Catholic martyr. A search reveals the rest of his Holocaust history.(JTA) — As a Jewish food writer and anthropologist of sorts, Joan Nathan had always been interested in her own family’s history. The “Julia Child of Jewish cooking” has even written about it in her recent autobiography, “My Life in Recipes.” But many details about her father’s family, most of whom had perished in the... […]
- Phasing out US subsidies for Israel’s military will strengthen our alliance — not end itThe United States treats Israel differently from all our other close allies, granting far more military aid with far less oversight. Contrary to traditional wisdom, this exceptionalism is no longer in the best interest of either country. As an American Jew with deep ties to the state of Israel, whose grandparents were among the founders... […]