Monthly Essays

The Jewish state is a vital embodiment of Jewish self-determination and self-defense, but it is also a reflection of the fact that the Jewish story is anything but normal.

The Pennsylvania senator’s steadfast support for Israel drives his critics crazy—and channels another fascinating figure from American history.

Why would a country that has rightly welcomed patriotic immigrants in the past ladle out visas to those who hate it?

Rabbi Soloveichik reviews the journalist Douglas Murray’s new book, “On Democracies and Death Cults: Israel and the Future of Civilization.”

Is anti-Semitism a human evil, or just a temporary and unfortunate illness?

How can we be supportive of one and not the other?

A new book explains how pork became the forbidden food par excellence.

Various aspects of Jewish existence at present seem less like the biblical description of what once was, and more like the biblical prediction of what will be.

She has profound parallels in the ancient history of the Jewish people.

Playing the Beatles’ song “Imagine” at President Carter’s funeral is a reminder of the tragedy of his life.

Bernard-Henri Lévy’s Israel Alone contains much truth, but its title is fundamentally false.

What Winston Churchill and Jerry Seinfeld can teach us about the challenges we face.