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By Andrew Adler Community Editor Every so often I come across an intersection of art and life that simultaneously frightens and tantalizes. Such is the case with Tehran, an Israeli-produced series that tells of a Jewish, Iranian-born young spy named Tamar whom … Read More
By Andrew Adler Community Editor Mandrake – do you recall what Clemenceau said about war? He said war was too important to be left to the generals. When he said that, 50 years ago, he might have been right. But … Read More
By Andrew Adler Community Editor One of the first things I noticed after returning to Louisville three years ago was how many emails were either to or from someone whose name began with “Rabbi.” It’s the nature of my job as Community editor … Read More
By Andrew Adler Community Editor It was mid-morning on Monday, January 26, 2026 when news broke that the Israel Defense Forces had located and positively identified the remains of Master Sgt. Ran Gvili, the last hostage held in Gaza. “After … Read More
By Andrew Adler Community Editor Anyone who still harbors doubt as to the sheer vehemence of worldwide antisemitism need only have been on Sydney, Australia’s Bondi Beach during the afternoon of Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025. In what was to be … Read More
By Andrew ADLER Community Editor For as long as I can remember, Thanksgiving was the only holiday on the secular calendar that our family celebrated with what could be termed traditional authenticity. Each November my mother would revert to something … Read More
By Andrew Adler Community Editor I’m casting my thoughts back 28 years, when my then-fiancée and I were fledgling members of Congregation Adath Jeshurun. AJ would soon be embarking on its annual retreat in the Indiana countryside, and people I barely … Read More
By Andrew Adler Community Editor Spoiler Alert: The following is intended both in the spirit of parody (the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge certainly exist, but — as far as I can tell — there’s no such institution as the University … Read More
By Andrew Adler “There are always people around in whom antisemitism is a light sleeper,” the late, great Irish writer and politician Conor Cruise O’Brien famously remarked in his 1986 book, The Siege: The Saga of Israel and Zionism. But … Read More
By Andrew Adler Community Editor I can always tell Passover is approaching because of the spike in ostensibly related emails cascading into my inbox. Example: A few days ago, the good people over at Manischewitz sent me a press release … Read More