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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

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The Middle East side Hustle: Podcast Hubris in the U.S.

The Middle East side Hustle: Podcast Hubris in the U.S.

One of the unexpected silver linings of the past decade has been the emergence of smart, accessible podcasts. Podcasts have become something like a...

yesterday 30

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Stephen Stern

Narrative Collapse: As Jews are misread, the story refuses to break

As Jews are pushed, pulled, and misread across the political spectrum, the Seder restored the story that refuses to break This Passover many American...

06.04.2026 30

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Stephen Stern

Leaving Egypt Was Step One: From Exodus to the Work of Jews United for Justice

I attended a pre-Passover seder hosted by Jews United for Justice at Baltimore’s Beth Am synagogue, and left with a clearer answer to a question I...

25.03.2026 40

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Stephen Stern

Ritual as Refuge: American College Students Keeping Passover in Unsettled Times

A letter from Jewish Studies to Gettysburg College Hillel and Jewish students Chag Pesach Sameach, Hillel! It’s hard to feel celebratory right now....

20.03.2026 60

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Stephen Stern

Martin Luther King Day Is a Call, Not a Pause, for Maryland’s Youth

17.01.2026 100

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Stephen Stern

Everyone Hates the Enlightenment—Except When They Need It

07.01.2026 30

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Stephen Stern

The Death of Effort: John Henry, Willy Lowman and the ChatGBT Student

27.12.2025 90

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Stephen Stern

Democracy Is Fragile. American Jewish Women Founders are Holding the Line.

16.11.2025 70

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Stephen Stern

Israel’s Theocratic Turn and the Fracture in American Jewish Ties

02.09.2025 30

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Stephen Stern

It happened here: when the Ohio National Guard murdered protesting students

09.06.2025 60

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Stephen Stern

American Jewry as Netanyahu’s mob is accused of genocide for aid denial in Gaza

28.05.2025 20

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Stephen Stern

The impossibility of taking a biblical translation literally

01.05.2025 40

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Stephen Stern

Irony of ironies: bludgeoning higher education on behalf of Jews to erase Jews

22.04.2025 30

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Stephen Stern

The Chai-Light Zone: Rod Serling’s prophetic TV is still alive

26.03.2025 30

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Stephen Stern

Creating Reality: Facebook complies with Holocaust denial

24.01.2025 30

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Stephen Stern