Condemning Terrorism in Jerusalem—and Efforts to Stop It
It’s easy to say that murdering Jews is wrong. But why is it hard to say that Jews are allowed to defend themselves?
January 30, 2023
The Life and Legacy of Max Weinreich, the Architect of Yiddish Scholarship
The dean of Yiddish versus Hitler’s professors.
Born into a middle-class, German-speaking Jewish family in what is now Latvia, Max Weinreich encountered anti-Semitism from the moment he left the ḥeder for a secular school, and reacted by gravitating toward Jewish culture. He would eventually become the world’s leading scholar of Yiddish, and of the history and cultural anthropology of Ashkenazi Jewry more broadly. In a biographical essay examining Weinreich’s remarkable career, David Roskies begins with his subject’s debut in the Yiddish literary world:
January 30, 2023
Economists’ Concerns about Israeli Judicial Reforms Get the Situation Backward
The rule of law isn’t the same as the rule of lawyers.
Iran’s Jihad on British Soil
A lattice of ostensibly religious and cultural institutions, meant to breed fanaticism.
The Life and Legacy of Max Weinreich, the Architect of Yiddish Scholarship
The dean of Yiddish versus Hitler’s professors.
Jewish Prayer as a Virtue
“I love the Lord for He hears my voice.”