JEWS
How Hungary's Anti-Semitic Far-Right Poster Boy Found Out He Was a Jew
In 2006, Csanád Szegedi was Vice President of the country's virulently anti-semitic Jobbik Party. Then, his career came tumbling down after it emerged that his family had survived Auschwitz and Nazi labour camps.
The Crazy, Failed Idea of Creating a Jewish State in Russia
Birobidzhan was a small region near the Chinese border in Russian that was established as the world's first autonomous Jewish region in the early 1930s. It didn't last long.
How to Criticise Israel Without Being a Dick
Want to say that bombing Palestinian children as they play on the beach is bad but don't want to say something anti-Semitic? Use this handy guide.
Everyone Came but Elijah at New York's Biggest Gay Passover Party
Sedarlicious is a party featuring over 500 LGBT Jews celebrating "the night away as if we just left Egypt yesterday".
STIs, Shame, and the Sabbath: Orthodox Jews Reflect on How They Learned About Sex
Modern Orthodox children aren't as sheltered from secular life the way some more strict Jewish denominations are, but talking about sex is still taboo, and can leave some kids confused—I know I was.
The Vatican Says Jews Don't Need Jesus to Be Saved
The church also told its followers to cool it on the whole converting Jews to Christianity thing.
Who Is Watching All the Porn Marketed to Orthodox Jews?
"Frum porn" features supposedly Orthodox women in ankle-length skirts and head scarves having sex. But are ultra-religious Jews actually watching it?
Why Were Two Prominent Italian Jews Detained at Auschwitz This Week?
The incident began at the site of the notorious concentration camp and lasted about six hours, feeding concern about resurgent anti-Semitism in Europe.
The Iranian Government Erected a Monument to Make Nice with Its Jewish Citizens
Jews in Iran haven't always been treated like fellow countrymen, so a newly-erected monument honouring Jews who fought in the Iran-Iraq War serves as a proverbial olive branch.
The Town Making the Horrifying Discovery That It's Built Out of Jewish Tombstones
They were "recycled" to build houses, roads and gardens in Brest, Belarus.
Hasidic Rock Band Bulletproof Stockings Just Want an All Girl Party
I met with bandmates Dalia and Perl to talk about feminism, performing for gentiles and keeping the Torah.