Yes, Qatar Supports Terror. But Saudi Arabia’s Hands Are Also Unclean
Riyadh has successfully promoted the most extreme and intolerant form of Islam across the globe.
August 11, 2017
Did Orthodox Jews Beat Academic Bible Scholars at Their Own Game?
Samson Raphael Hirsh’s critique of biblical criticism.
Responding to Joshua Berman’s recent Mosaic essay on the corruption of biblical studies, Michah Gottlieb looks to Samson Raphael Hirsch’s critique of academic scholarship of both Bible and Talmud to argue that there exists an unbridgeable gap between Orthodox Judaism and biblical criticism. Hirsch, a 19th-century rabbi who led German Orthodoxy during the heyday of the Reform movement, admired secular philosophy and high culture, but saw no place for the historical study of Judaism:
August 11, 2017
Israel Can Flourish without Peace
A different kind of optimism.
Did Orthodox Jews Beat Academic Bible Scholars at Their Own Game?
Samson Raphael Hirsh’s critique of biblical criticism.
Erasing Jewish History at the Temple Mount
The Palestinian line on Jerusalem.
“Menashe” Is a Movie with a Wealth of Soul
A rare film that takes a sympathetic view of ultra-Orthodox Jews.