Martini Judaism

Am I still a centrist?

By Jeffrey Salkin — August 16, 2023

(RNS) — A plea from the anguished middle of the road.

The most important word in movie history

By Jeffrey Salkin — August 11, 2023

"Plastics." All the rest is commentary.

Robbie Robertson, the Band, and a song of exile

By Jeffrey Salkin — August 9, 2023

I already miss Robbie Robertson of the Band. Ah, but there is one song....

“The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem” is great drama and great history

By Jeffrey Salkin — August 8, 2023

On one level, the saga of a Sephardic Jewish family. On another, Israel 101.

Out of the death penalty in Pittsburgh, a testament of life

By Jeffrey Salkin — August 3, 2023

Robert Bowers cannot become the best known name from that horrific day. Let us remember his victims. Each one had a name.

Why Pee Wee Herman mattered

By Jeffrey Salkin — August 1, 2023

Paul Reubens, aka Pee Wee Herman, was in the tradition of the great Jewish comedians.

How a grudge destroyed Jerusalem: a Tisha B’Av reflection

By Jeffrey Salkin — July 27, 2023

How much anger can you carry within your soul? Don't even try.

Netanyahu’s heart problem is worse than you think

By Jeffrey Salkin — July 24, 2023

It’s not medical. It’s biblical. And that is far worse.

When in Rome, try the gelato (with a side of Jewish history)

By Jeffrey Salkin — July 19, 2023

It was a hot, sweaty day in Rome. I stood face to face with an ancient enemy.

RFK Jr’s unhinged antisemitism is no surprise

By Jeffrey Salkin — July 17, 2023

(RNS) — RFK Jr. is channeling his grandfather, and it is not a good look.

In Sweden, they burn Torahs

By Jeffrey Salkin — July 15, 2023

It is a horror — and the practice has a long, ugly pedigree.

Why the movie ‘Exodus’ still matters

By Jeffrey Salkin — July 13, 2023

(RNS) — On the 75th anniversary of Israel’s birth, the blockbuster movie still raises serious questions.

Why Israelis are in the streets

By Jeffrey Salkin — July 11, 2023

What is at stake? The existential meaning of Jewish history. It’s that crucial.

The note that I put into the Western Wall

By Jeffrey Salkin — July 5, 2023

(RNS) — Do I believe God lives in the Western Wall? No. Do I not believe it? Also, no. It’s complicated.

“And in the end, the love you take”

By Jeffrey Salkin — June 28, 2023

My final sermon -- a mix tape with Sinatra, the Monotones, Rav Kook, and Cynthia Ozick. More than four decades of striving for the holy.

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