As we twirl our dreidels this Hanukka, the turning tops might remind us of the new directions our country may spin under the leadership of our recently

Editor’s Note: Our October cover story, “The Music Man,” focused on the musical legacy of Shlomo Carlebach. We mentioned the controversy surrounding his behavior toward

Just as 9/11 thrust American fire-fighters into the spotlight as never before, so did the Second Lebanon War highlight the efforts of Israel’s fire brigades.

While the financial crisis has caused justifiable anxiety, many of us make the anxiety worse by focusing on short-term uncertainties, like what the stock market

November is a month of remembrances: the anniversary of the 1947 United Nations vote to partition Palestine into Jewish and Arab states and, this year,

Controversies used to be simple. Rabbis in Israel and the diaspora once argued over “Who is a Jew?” But after Israel’s High Rabbinic Court ruled

Natan Sharansky tells the story of how he first heard our name. During his imprisonment, he briefly shared a cell with a Communist Party official

America is in the midst of a presidential election, and even though Hadassah Magazine does not endorse candidates,we are acutely aware that our readers are in­tensely active