The West Shouldn’t Look to Russia’s Allies to Solve the Energy Crisis
Buying Iranian and Venezuelan oil helps Moscow.
September 7, 2022
What the Jewish Practice of Visiting Cemeteries Can Teach 21st-Century America
The story of a ḥasidic pilgrimage site in a small town in New York.
“It is better to go to the house of mourning,” states the book of Ecclesiastes, “than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.” Providing a possible rationale for this grim injunction, Chaya Sara Oppenheim discusses with Ari Lamm how and why the ḥasidic cemetery of Monsey, New York became a Jewish pilgrimage site. The two also broach the cultural vision of Cynthia Ozick, belief in miracles, and much else besides. (Audio, 39 minutes.)
September 7, 2022
Three Decades of University Cancel Culture and the Israel-Palestinian Conflict
The fault line dividing the old oppressive order from the new progressive one ran decisively through Palestine.
West Bank Terror Shows Why Separation from the Palestinians Won’t Bring Peace
The failed assumptions of Oslo.
What the Jewish Practice of Visiting Cemeteries Can Teach 21st-Century America
The story of a ḥasidic pilgrimage site in a small town in New York.
How the Advent of the Printing Press Changed the Jewish Idea of the Sacred Book
The Jerusalem Talmud by pen and press.