A Decade of Buying Off Iran Has Failed
Time for a new approach.
October 23, 2023
A Vigorous Defense of Liberalism Leaves No Room for the Religious
Excluding Orthodox Jews from a philosophy of inclusion.
In the realm of ideas, Charles Lesch finds much to praise about The Struggle for a Decent Politics, the Jewish political philosopher Michael Walzer’s new defense, and reconceptualization, of liberalism. Walzer argues for “liberal” to be understood not as a dogma but as an attitude or disposition that all kinds of different people—with different beliefs, concerns, and affiliations—can adopt. All but some, that is:
October 23, 2023
The Gaza War and American Jewry
Counting the days.
India’s Historic Response to the War on Israel
After much ambivalence, unambiguous support.
A Vigorous Defense of Liberalism Leaves No Room for the Religious
Excluding Orthodox Jews from a philosophy of inclusion.
Yiddish Modernism’s Bold Birth, and Its Fate
A literary summer in Tel Aviv.