Amos Oz, a ‘saintly intellectual’ who turned Israel’s national reality into art
by Andrew Silow-Carroll (JTA) — Amos Oz would often speak in the kind of tossed-off epigrams that come only with a lot of practice. But…
December 2018
How Facebook monitors harmful content: 5 takeaways
by Andrew Silow-Carroll (JTA) — Facebook founder Marc Zuckerberg insists that the massive social network is a force for good, but the company keeps getting…
The Best New Jewish Restaurants of 2018
By Josh Klasco (The Nosher via JTA) – It seems not too long ago that Jewish food was a novelty, the comfort food of older…
Some of the inspiring Jews we lost in 2018
by Gabe Friedman (JTA) — The end of every year brings the grim task of rounding up the prominent Jews who passed away over the…
Corruption investigations against Netanyahu could take center stage during Israel’s election campaign
by Marcy Oster JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s attorney general likely will wait until after national elections to announce whether or not he will indict Prime…