assimilation

Photo of Ofelia Rivas by Jason Jacks for The Sierra Club.

Today Needs Another Name

By Quince Mountain | October 11, 2010

This Columbus Day, the spirit of 1492 is alive and well.

By F. Opper in Puck, 1881.

Yes, Mr. Kristof, This Is America

By Garrett Baer | September 20, 2010

Why are we so surprised by our own bigotry?

"people-watching" by left-hand via flickr.

Transparent on High

By Jhos Singer | August 23, 2010

A maggid’s psychic powers.

Photo by Todd Ryburn

After the Bus Wreck

By Laurel Snyder | April 19, 2010

In which a half-Jew slaps some sensibility into would-be converters by encouraging worst-case scenarios.

Jew Like Me

Jew Like Me

By Peter Manseau | January 8, 2001

Undercover in Brooklyn’s mosh pit of piety.