Recent Attacks on Orthodox Jews Have Many Antecedents
From malicious press coverage to statements by Mayor Bloomberg to low-grade violence.
January 2, 2020
Jewish Political Thought Can’t Be Separated from the Messiness of Jewish Political History
A seamless new scripture on Jewish politics?
In their series The Jewish Political Tradition—the third of a projected four volumes has recently appeared—Michael Walzer, Menachem Lorberbaum, and Noam Zohar present primary sources as well as original essays covering the entirety of Jewish history from the Bible to the present day. Elisheva Carlebach, in her review, points to some problems with the project:
January 2, 2020
Iranian Escalation in Iraq Calls for a Firm Response
The consequences of inaction.
Gertrude Himmelfarb’s Unparalleled Contribution to the Study of the Past and Our Understanding of the Present
The historian as moralist.
Jewish Political Thought Can’t Be Separated from the Messiness of Jewish Political History
A seamless new scripture on Jewish politics?
The American Jewish Romance with Buddhism
From Barry Goldwater’s second cousin to the Park Slope Jewish center.