America Must Confront the Threat of a Nuclear Iran
The problem is getting too big for Israel to solve alone.
April 17, 2023
Despite Its Founders’ Hopes, Israel Will Never Be a State Like Any Other
Yet Zionism has proved a tremendous success.
In Impossible Takes Longer: 75 Years after Its Creation, Has Israel Fulfilled Its Founders’ Dreams?, Daniel Gordis seeks to answer the question posed in the subtitle; he is sanguine, although reservedly so, in his conclusions. Among the sweeping array of evidence Gordis musters of the Jewish state’s success is its consistently high rankings in the annual World Happiness Report. “But,” observes Elliott Abrams in his review, “the goal of Zionism wasn’t happiness; it was survival.” It has achieved this goal as well:
April 17, 2023
Despite Its Founders’ Hopes, Israel Will Never Be a State Like Any Other
Yet Zionism has proved a tremendous success.
Palestinian Clergy Use Easter to Condemn Israel
The truth is that Christianity is flourishing in the Jewish state.
Three Decades after His Death, Joseph Soloveitchik’s Writings Are a Reminder That Judaism Can Weather Any Intellectual Challenge
The man of faith who told Jews they need not be lonely.
Mimouna, Moroccan Jewish Music, and Montreal
A North African post-Passover festival and its songs.