The Zionist Ideal of Self-Reliance May Be behind Israel’s Vaccination Success
Not to mention Judaism, and democracy.
January 6, 2021
What a Recent Novel on Modern Orthodox Teenage Rebels Lacks
Sex, drugs, and Zohar?
In his debut novel, the Orchard, David Hopen tells the story of Ari Eden, a seventeen-year-old student at a Modern Orthodox prep school in suburban Florida who falls in with some rebellious classmates. Here, as Michal Leibowitz writes in her review, Ari encounters “a world of opulence, debauchery, and ambition,” complete with “drinking, of course, and drugs and girls.” Hopen adds to this mix a charismatic classmate who entertains Kabbalah-tinged heresies. Leibowitz assesses the book’s strengths, and its weaknesses:
January 6, 2021
When It Comes to Israel, the Biden Administration Won’t Make Things Much Worse—or Much Better
Some historical perspective.
It’s Time for American Jewry to Drop the Banner of Palestinian Statehood
If Arab states can give up on the PLO, why can’t U.S. Jewish organizations?
What a Recent Novel on Modern Orthodox Teenage Rebels Lacks
Sex, drugs, and Zohar?
The Jewish War for Freedom That Would Go Unrivaled for 1,800 Years
Bar Kokhba in history and archaeology.