Israel Must Stop the West Bank from Turning into a Hamas Stronghold
“Gazafication” is a double-edged sword.
July 5, 2024
The British Roots of the U.S. Cantorate
Readers, Ministers, and Teachers.
Today’s newsletter began by discussing America’s rabbinic seminaries, and it will end with them as well. Matt Austerklein examines the unique status of cantors in 19th-century Britain, and argues that these attitudes did much to shape the cantorial profession, and cantorial training, in the U.S.
July 5, 2024
A New Hebrew Bible Translation Forsakes Elegance and Accuracy for Gender-Neutral Language
“Psalm 78 contains 25 awkward uses of ‘[God]’ in square brackets to avoid writing ‘He.’”
The British Roots of the U.S. Cantorate
Readers, Ministers, and Teachers.
The Gay Dutch Zionist Poet Who Became a Haredi Anti-Zionist
The murder of Jacob de Haan.
How the Jewish Vote Could Shape the Next Election
President Biden forgot that Jews can get mad too.