With the surge in public expressions of Jew-hatred emerging from some quarters of the American Christian right, a familiar impulse has resurfaced, especially among well-intentioned Jews and … more

The events are separated by 36 years, but they could be the same moment. In Beijing in 1989, a lone man stood before a column of tanks after the Chinese Communist Party slaughtered unarmed … more

The pace and range of President Donald Trump’s foreign-policy initiatives is simply dizzying. In keeping with Trump’s keen sense of drama, honed through his years spent in television, … more

This year, International Holocaust Remembrance Day was observed against the backdrop of a global surge in anti-Jewish and anti-Israel hostility not seen in decades. From Chile to South Africa and … more

It’s become a ritual phrase — “Never again” — repeated solemnly on Holocaust Remembrance Day and then set aside, like a relic from a distant and incomprehensible past. But the Shoah is not … more

W hat does it say about a country where some rudimentary knowledge about the Holocaust is commonplace, but where misleading analogies about it are a routine occurrence in public discourse? You … more

R ashi interprets with an “outstretched hand” — “And the Children of Israel were going out [of Egypt] triumphantly with an outstretched arm.” — to mean “with proud and prominent … more

T eaching young children has always been a joy for me. One of teaching’s special advantages is the clarity that emerges from conversation with people under the age of ten. A cute and oft-told … more

J anuary 27, the day on which the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp was liberated by Soviet forces in 1945, is commemorated by the United Nations and many nations as International Holocaust Remembrance … more

It is hard to fathom Pharaoh’s stubbornness. After everything Egypt endured, Pharaoh harnesses his chariot, takes 600 choice chariots along with the rest of Egypt’s forces, and pursues the Jewish … more