How the Human-Rights Industry Turned against Israel
Money, reputation, and preserving the narrative at all costs.
March 25, 2024
Rescuing Reform Judaism from the idolatry of autonomy.
In the West today, most people, regardless of religious attitudes, desire the freedom to choose their moral path and the obligations that come with it. Reform Judaism, in the roughly two centuries since it emerged, has always been aware of the tension between the ideas of human autonomy and of divine command. Yet, Rabbi Leon Morris argues, there is a need to “recalibrate” that understanding:
Money, reputation, and preserving the narrative at all costs.
A view from inside the Israeli war cabinet.
They’re afraid Washington will go wobbly again.
Rescuing Reform Judaism from the idolatry of autonomy.
The story of the Palestine Symphony Orchestra.
In the West today, most people, regardless of religious attitudes, desire the freedom to choose their moral path and the obligations that come with it. Reform Judaism, in the roughly two centuries since it emerged, has always been aware of the tension between the ideas of human autonomy and of divine command. Yet, Rabbi Leon Morris argues, there is a need to “recalibrate” that understanding:
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