If the U.S. Doesn’t Stand Firm, It Will Face an Empowered Iran with Nuclear Weapons
Tehran is using the nuclear threat to extort massive economic concessions.
April 20, 2021
American Jewish Thought Is Incredibly Rich. But Can It Succeed Without a Shared Sense of Commandedness?
“You should” will never be as compelling as “you must.”
Reviewing a new anthology titled American Jewish Thought since 1934, David Wolpe finds much worth reading and thinking about, from the works of the “great triumvirate” of Abraham Joshua Heschel, Mordecai Kaplan, and Joseph B. Soloveitchik to essays by such thinkers as José Faur, Leo Strauss, and Hannah Arendt. But amid this intellectual feast, he finds evidence of the fundamental fragility of modern Jewish theology:
April 20, 2021
Israel’s Political Crisis Is a National-Security Liability
It makes the Jewish state look weak in the eyes of friends and foes.
The Supreme Court Is More Friendly to Religious Freedom Than Ever—and Not Just Because of Conservative Justices
Victories for Christians are also victories for religious minorities.
American Jewish Thought Is Incredibly Rich. But Can It Succeed Without a Shared Sense of Commandedness?
“You should” will never be as compelling as “you must.”
Meet the Israeli Intelligence Services’ New Ultra-Orthodox Agents
“We’ve seen your guys’ capability for learning new things.”