Jeffrey Barken / JNS.org
ARTICLES BY: Jeffrey Barken / JNS.org
German Museum Exhibit Seeking to Understand Jews is Criticized
JNS.org - BERLIN—Here in Berlin, there is a simultaneous sense of urgency and growing patience. While Germans embrace the cultural history of the Jewish...
Iran Nuclear Weapons Destroy Israel in Novel That Brings Fear to Life (REVIEW)
"You and your crew of 34, Daniel. You are the last Israelis. You are all that is left. But you have no home. You must...
Klara’s Journey Casts Jews in Fast-Paced Adventure Through Russian History
JNS.org - "If you're sick, move away. Have some consideration for others," a red army soldier scolds a slow-moving old man selling train tickets. "No, fires...
Book Review: ‘Jewish Jordan’ Memoir an Important Guide for Players and Coaches
JNS.org - Despite his friends' and family's doubts that a young Orthodox Jewish athlete could ever play college or professional basketball without compromising his religious...
Remapping the Vilnius Ghetto
"How people perished in the ghetto—that I understand; what I cannot understand is how they lived there," writes Second World War refugee and esteemed Yiddish...
Thoughtful Adventures of Jewish Identity
"Union Square Park in Manhattan was the scene of a nighttime festival," author Theodore Ross excitedly remarks, as he seeks out the 2010 "Sukkah City"...
The Scattered Tribe: Discovering Remote Jewish Communities
Author Ben G. Frank takes the old fortune cookie prediction "you will be on the soil of many countries" very seriously, especially as he embarks...
Refusenik’s Translated Memoir Offers Rare Glimpse Into Soviet Oppression
"With neither family nor human warmth, it was an existence lived against the grain of human nature." That is how Yosef Mendelevich remembers the deprivations of...
Maryland’s Model for U.S.-Israel Economic Alliances
In May of 1988, Maryland Governor William Donald Schaefer visited Israel to sign the historic Maryland-Israel Exchange agreement. The document listed financial incentives authorizing and...
Jewish Fiction Finds a New Home on the Internet
Speaking over lively klezmer music in a Krakow café, Canadian author and freelance journalist Menachem Kaiser wonders if Jewish readers are comfortable with the term...
The Rise of Israeli Fish Farming
At a time when ocean fish populations are threatened worldwide, Israeli fish farmers are developing innovative new technologies and breeding methods that are...
Hitler’s Jewish Magician
The curtain opens on a frightening scene: Post-World War I Germany. Punishing reparations, a war-scarred public and a fractured society have doomed Germany's...
Preserving Volunteerism in Israel
"Ask Israelis who have never seen a kibbutz before in their lives and who know nothing about the movement," remarks Aya Sagi, director of...
Where Hebrew is Leading the Way
Preserving scholarship, digitizing Hebrew text, and dramatically increasing access to archived scholarly materials written in Hebrew. Those are all likely outcomes following the...
