Paris, Cairo, and the French Peace Initiative
Explaining Israel’s muted reaction.
June 3, 2016
Defining the Modern Orthodox Approach to Interfaith Dialogue
Joseph Soloveitchik’s “Confrontation.”
Revisiting Joseph B. Soloveitchik’s seminal 1964 essay “Confrontation,” which sets out parameters for interfaith dialogue—forbidding some kinds and encouraging others—Meir Soloveichik investigates its underlying theological argument that Jews are destined to constant tension between their identity as “a people apart” and their obligation to engage with the surrounding world. He then discusses the essay’s impact and its implications in light of American notions of religious freedom. (Interview by Eric Cohen; audio, about 1 hour.)
June 3, 2016
A New Rift between Jordan and the Palestinians
King Abdullah denies Palestinian distinctiveness.
Defining the Modern Orthodox Approach to Interfaith Dialogue
Joseph Soloveitchik’s “Confrontation.”
Anti-Semitism Infects Bangladeshi Politics
Meeting an Israeli Druze gets a politician thrown in jail.
Stalin’s Last Days, and His Plans for Soviet Jews
Laying the groundwork for decades of Soviet anti-Semitism.