Monthly Essays

On the 250th anniversary of America's founding, Rabbi Soloveichik explores how Jews have expressed their patriotism through prayer from the Revolution to today.

A Conversation.

"Unhistoric acts" can affect history in a profound way, contributing to the growing good of the world.

To sanctify the age of technology, humanity must first learn to stop and ask why.

Artemis II serves as a reminder of the biblical aspects of space exploration that must be celebrated and preserved.

The Jewish story is both a sefer and iggeret, book and letter, bridging past and present in a way that is anything but normal.

The tale of Jerusalem’s Liberty Bell is a testament to the covenantal bond between America and Israel.

Norman Podhoretz, 1930-2025

Why George Washington’s letter to the Jews of Newport speaks to all.

The debate in Britain over assisted suicide reveals that the biblical heritage of the West has not yet entirely disappeared.

The American Revolution was a rejection of earthly kings—and a turn toward an even more radical idea: that human equality rests on divine authority, not political power.

Ireland’s recent anti-Semitic spasm highlights, in a striking way, the essence of anti-Semitism itself.