Political Paralysis Could Leave Israel at the Mercy of Economic Crisis
A government signing checks won’t bring economic rehabilitation.
July 15, 2020
Prayer, for All Its Public Features, Is an Affair between Man and God
Some reflections on solitary prayer and mixed-sex seating.
In the decades after World War II, one of the most salient differences between Orthodox and Conservative synagogues was that the latter had mixed-sex seating, and the great controversy within Orthodoxy was whether it was necessary to change this practice to keep up with the times. Shalom Carmy considers those debates in light of the changes to public prayer inflicted by the COVID-19 pandemic:
July 15, 2020
Promoting Religious Freedom Abroad Shouldn’t Compromise the Fight against Radical Islam
Better to focus on the most serious culprits.
German Intellectuals Rush to Defend a Cameroonian Anti-Semite
The growing popularity of Holocaust minimization.
Prayer, for All Its Public Features, Is an Affair between Man and God
Some reflections on solitary prayer and mixed-sex seating.
Kibbutzniks Are Fighting to Preserve a 2,000-Year-Old Ritual Bath
Discover by a Muslim and a Christian.