Sam McPheeters travels through the Holy Land in search of the "Jerusalem syndrome" for Vice.
The home of the syndrome
Israel
From exodus to immigration
At Killing the Buddha: "Muslims, Christians, and Buddhists broke matzo with Jewish Israelis in a Tel Aviv basketball court before…
The future of Haaretz (and of Israel)
David Remnick, in The New Yorker, profiles Amos Schocken, the prickly but principled (albeit ideologically nonconformist) publisher of Haaretz, which,…
Breaking the fear barrier in Egypt
"January 28th marked a major rupture in Egyptian history: it is the day Egyptians truly broke the fear barrier created…
Book of Esther showing up in unlikely places
"Deep inside the computer worm that some specialists suspect is aimed at slowing Iran's race for a nuclear weapon lies what…
Questions of Zionism, conversion, and the diaspora
Natan Sharansky, head of the Jewish Agency for Israel and now, as The New York Times reports, leader of "a…
“Who is a Jew?”
A controversial bill passed the Israeli Knesset's (Parliament) law committee this week. The Rotem Bill, as it is known (named…
The American Jew and Israeli politics
Sara Reef, Project Manager at Intersections International, writes at The Huffington Post on the American Jew's "right" to speak on the…
Israeli ultra-Orthodox protest school integration
Yesterday afternoon in Jerusalem, vast numbers of ultra-Orthodox Jews protested the court-mandated integration of a religious girls' school, raising provocative…
Judith Butler on Judaism, Israel, and anti-occupation politics
In Haaretz, Judith Butler gives a long and personal interview to American-Israeli filmmaker Udi Aloni.