The Danger of the Saudi Nuclear Program, and How to Stop It
Reassurances from the U.S. could prevent a destabilizing arms race.
February 23, 2023
How Transliterated Hebrew Shaped American Jewry
Having your cake and eating it too.
Apart from some who have spent their lives exclusively in ḥaredi communities, most American Jews have encountered Hebrew or Aramaic prayers transliterated into the Latin alphabet for the benefit of the English-speaking reader. Jenna Weissman Joselit traces the origins of this practice—an inversion of the much older and more widespread Jewish habit of rendering the vernacular in Hebrew characters—to a work published in 1908:
February 23, 2023
Israel’s President Is Expanding His Position’s Remit
Just by giving a speech, he cooled political passions.
How the Diary of an Israeli Astronaut Illuminates the Dual Nature of Mankind
Lonely man in space.
Religious Freedom, School Choice, and the Politics of Orthodox Jewry in America
How Jews were split by the great debate over the First Amendment.
How Transliterated Hebrew Shaped American Jewry
Having your cake and eating it too.