Iraq’s New Prime Minister Wants to Push Back against Iran, but He Needs America’s Help
America should not fear the use of force to strengthen friends and weaken enemies.
March 25, 2020
Social Distancing during Epidemics Has Ample Precedent in Rabbinic Law
“Keep your feet inside your house.”
In recent weeks, there has been much discussion in synagogues and Jewish communities about how to enforce the measures recommended to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, which in some locales are being enforced by police. While some rabbis courted controversy by insisting that schools and yeshivas stay open, others have issued rulings unprecedented in their halakhic leniency in order to ensure that religious life can continue without increasing risks of contagion. Jeremy Brown turns to talmudic and medieval writings to see how rabbis responded to plagues in the past:
March 25, 2020
What the Elections to the World Zionist Congress Reveal about American Jewry
U.S. Jews who care about Israel tend to be more religious and more right-wing than those who don’t.
Saudi Arabia Steps Away from, but Does Not Repudiate, Religious Extremism
The crown prince won’t admit there was ever a problem.
To This “Rationalist” Economist, Rabbis Are the Most Reasonable People Around
Rationalists, less so.
Social Distancing during Epidemics Has Ample Precedent in Rabbinic Law
“Keep your feet inside your house.”