Could the Collapse of the Palestinian Authority Be on Its Way?
Hamas believes that the West Bank is ripe for the taking. It might be right.
November 19, 2021
An American Rabbi Reflects on the Perils of Abandoning Jewish Peoplehood
Remembering one of Reform Judaism’s most compelling thinkers.
In 2018, Rabbi Clifford Librach—who died yesterday after many years in the rabbinate—came to the Tikvah podcast to speak about an article he had written lamenting what Reform Judaism had lost by not putting sufficient emphasis on the Jewish idea of peoplehood. Rabbi Librach embarked on a career in the law as a young man, before attending rabbinical school; he also wrote extensively on the current state of American Judaism in Commentary and other publications, and was one of the Reform movement’s most compelling thinkers. Herewith, his 2018 conversation with Mosaic’s Jonathan Silver:
November 19, 2021
Term Limits Won’t Solve Israel’s Political Problems
Jerusalem needs more stability, not less.
Despite Recent Developments, the Syria-Iran Alliance Isn’t Going Anywhere
Arab kings and princes may come bearing gifts, but they cannot buy the loyalty that Tehran has earned.
An American Rabbi Reflects on the Perils of Abandoning Jewish Peoplehood
Remembering one of Reform Judaism’s most compelling thinkers.
A Recently Excavated Structure Is Evidence of the Events Hanukkah Commemorates
“The stories of the Maccabees are coming to life before our eyes.”