Why Is Iran Acquiring Property in Venezuela?
A major agreement between the two countries opens up new possibilities for terror.
October 4, 2022
The Emotional Experience of Yom Kippur
Finding God in the minutiae.
In his writings and lectures, Joseph B. Soloveitchik, one of the greatest rabbinic minds of the last century, often contrasted the rational and experiential aspects of religiosity. He begins with this contrast in this 1976 High Holy Day sermon, reminiscing about the awe and ecstasy he witnessed praying on Yom Kippur with his older relatives and teachers in prewar Europe. Key moments of the liturgy—such as the description of the priests and people falling to their knees in reverence when the high priest uttered the ineffable name of God during the Temple service—produced, according to Soloveitchik, profound feelings that even the most adept teacher cannot transmit to his students.
October 4, 2022
Anti-Zionism, Anti-Semitism, and the Struggle for the American Jewish Soul
“Do you expect a rabbi to be neutral on Judaism, the Jewish people, or the Jewish state?”
The Humanity and Humor of A.B. Yehoshua’s Fiction
His work reminds us that fiction can be entertaining, and perhaps should be, even when it is serious.
The Emotional Experience of Yom Kippur
Finding God in the minutiae.
A Secret Stash of Rare Coins Discovered in the Golan Heights
Hidden in the midst of the Muslim invasion.