A Recent Israeli Debate over Anti-Semitism Challenges the Original Assumptions of Zionism
In the imaginations of anti-Semites, Jews are the incarnation of, and explanation for, their deepest fears and most vexing social ills.
August 3, 2021
Confronting the Worst-Case Scenario of the Decline of Religion
Do the great religions have an expiration date?
For demographers and social scientists who study religion in the U.S., the big story of recent years has been the rise of the “nones”—those who do not identify as belonging to any particular religion, faith, or denomination. Absent a major shift, it is likely that nones will by 2026 outnumber both evangelical Christians and Catholics. Philip Jenkins acknowledges various reasons to think that the state of American Christianity is not so dire as these data indicate at face value. But, he argues, it would be prudent to “consider the possibility that we really are seeing a precipitous decline in religion as such—in religious practice and faith—however broadly we define it.” He writes:
August 3, 2021
The Disproportionate Reaction to the Israeli Spyware Scandal
Worse than selling arms?
Congress Can Hold the UN Agency for Palestinian Refugees Responsible for Its Cooperation with Hamas
An UNRWA official created a sensation by telling the truth.
The Jewish Privateer Who Helped Defeat the British in the War of 1812
And other Jewish pirates who sought revenge against the Spanish.
Confronting the Worst-Case Scenario of the Decline of Religion
Do the great religions have an expiration date?