How Did Qatar Become Hamas’s Protector?
It’s time for Congress to take action.
July 14, 2025
Isaac Hutner’s Theology of Meaning
A great 20th-century Jewish thinker, his surprising biography, and his confrontation with modernity.
In Orthodox circles, especially among the yeshiva-educated, the works of Rabbi Isaac Hutner (1906–1980)—a compilation of discourses titled Pahad Yitzhak, or the “Dread of Isaac,” after Genesis 31:42—are well known and highly regarded. To others, this great Jewish theologian is entirely unheard of. Alon Shalev delves into Hutner’s remarkable life, the mysterious lacunae in his biography, and the influence of 20th-century philosophy on his ideas in conversation with J.J. Kimche. Shalev contends that Hutner’s theology is a systematic effort to imbue life with religious meaning in the face of the onslaught of modernity. (Audio, 85 minutes.)
July 14, 2025
Rape and the Arab Way of War
Putting the October 7 atrocities in a broader context.
Anti-Semitism Is Un-American
The American and Jewish stories are intertwined.
Isaac Hutner’s Theology of Meaning
A great 20th-century Jewish thinker, his surprising biography, and his confrontation with modernity.
The Many Meanings of “A People Shall Rise Up as a Lion”
War, Torah, . . . and tennis?
