The U.S. Is Poised to Host a United Nations Celebration of Anti-Semitism
Durban IV.
April 5, 2021
When a Great German Rabbi Defended the Hebrew Bible While Attacking American Slavery and Liberal Protestantism
Samson Raphael Hirsch wades into an intra-Christian controversy.
In 1840, a fierce debate broke out in the liberal precincts of German Protestantism—pitting the more orthodox against the more rationalist—beginning with a series of sermons and soon sparking a flurry of pamphlets and articles. At issue was the newly emerging source criticism of the Bible, and the relationship between the Old and New Testaments. Soon the controversy was joined by Samson Raphael Hirsch, a pioneering German rabbi associated with what would later become Modern Orthodoxy. Michah Gottlieb explains:
April 5, 2021
Israel’s Latest Energy Breakthrough with Greece and Cyprus
Anchoring the Jewish state’s importance for both Europe and the Middle East.
The Hard Truth about Yemen’s Last Jews
“Loyalty” to anti-Semitic regimes has served Middle Eastern Jews poorly.
When a Great German Rabbi Defended the Hebrew Bible While Attacking American Slavery and Liberal Protestantism
Samson Raphael Hirsch wades into an intra-Christian controversy.
“Christians Made Me Jewish”
A brief memoir of religious conversion.