Welcome to Sodom, USA
By Jeffrey Salkin — November 4, 2020
(RNS) — Cry the beloved country. No matter who wins.
‘Borat’ is dead serious
By Jeffrey Salkin — October 27, 2020
(RNS) — Forget, for a moment, about the banality of evil. There is also a banality of goodness, and Sacha Baron Cohen’s new movie finds it, despite itself.
The hidden Jewishness of the Chicago 7
By Jeffrey Salkin — October 20, 2020
(RNS) — ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ on Netflix hints at the internal Jewish drama that played out in the trial of Abbie Hoffman and his accomplice, Jerry Rubin.
COVID Judaism is now competitive religion
By Jeffrey Salkin — October 14, 2020
(RNS) — The danger of online worship is that the individual worshipper abandons his or her own community and becomes a browser via the browser for spiritual audiovisual experiences.
Dear AOC: You blew it
By Jeffrey Salkin — September 26, 2020
(RNS) — US Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has made a huge mistake. There is still time to correct it.
COVID has led us all into sin
By Jeffrey Salkin — September 15, 2020
(RNS) — As Jews approach the High Holidays, we need to avoid the sins of perfectionism, envy — and becoming couch potatoes.
