Will President Trump’s Approach to the Peace Process Break Free of Past Mistakes?
Pressuring the Palestinians.
September 28, 2017
How “Kol Nidrei” Captures the Essence of Yom Kippur
Vows and human frailty.
Although by far the most well-known piece of the holy day’s prayers, Kol Nidrei was a late and controversial addition to the liturgy that, in strict halakhic terms, should be considered of secondary importance. Rather than addressing Yom Kippur’s central themes of repentance and atonement, it is a blanket annulment of vows and oaths. Yet, argues Wendy Amsellem, the importance ascribed to it in the popular imagination is well founded:
September 28, 2017
A Kurdish State Won’t Destabilize the Middle East
Much as Israel doesn’t.
An Austrian-Jewish Intellectual’s Peripatetic Journey
Can we learn anything from Hans Kohn?
The Anti-Semites Carry the Day in the UK’s Labor Party
An attempt to condemn anti-Semites provokes an ugly backlash.
How “Kol Nidrei” Captures the Essence of Yom Kippur
Vows and human frailty.