Hamas Returns to Its Cycle of Extortion
The terrorist group wants Israel to encourage Qatar to send it more money.
August 13, 2020
Chaim Potok’s Insights into the Place of Faith in an Age of Faithlessness
A devout Christian finds comfort in these tales of ḥasidic rebels.
In such books as The Chosen and My Name Is Asher Lev, the American novelist Chaim Potok (1929-2002), explores the lives and struggles of young men from the ḥasidic world as they find themselves drawn away from it. Wesley Hill, who left the devout evangelical Christian milieu of his childhood while maintaining his commitment to the Christian religion, has found that “Potok’s characters” have helped him “to understand [his] complicated feelings.”
August 13, 2020
Now Is the Time for the Israeli-Japanese Alliance to Flourish
Common friends and common enemies.
Lebanon Needs U.S. Leadership, Rather Than French Appeasement
Hizballah’s responsibility for the country’s problems runs deep.
Chaim Potok’s Insights into the Place of Faith in an Age of Faithlessness
A devout Christian finds comfort in these tales of ḥasidic rebels.
When Britain Imprisoned 1,500 Jewish Refugees from Hitler’s Europe in Mauritius
Punishment for seeking safety in the Land of Israel.