Israel Must Seize the Initiative in the Simmering Conflict with Hizballah
If the IDF doesn’t act now, it risks war later.
August 8, 2023
Why Orthodox Parents Keep Their Children in “Failing” Schools
Religious education offers more than job preparation.
At the end of June, New York City educational authorities announced that an investigation had found that eighteen ḥasidic schools had failed to meet educational requirements. But if these schools are really so bad—asks Frieda Vizel, herself a former member of the Satmar ḥasidic community in Williamsburg, Brooklyn—why do parents keep enrolling their children? There are many reasons, she contends, beginning with the fact that, in a community where families are large, the schools “take on the task of easing the burden for parents” as well as “seek to address students’ emotional needs.” And that is sometimes hard for outsiders to appreciate:
August 8, 2023
In Gaza, Palestinians Took to the Streets to Protest Hamas—and Met with a Brutal Crackdown
But the usual “pro-Palestinian” voices were indifferent.
Why Orthodox Parents Keep Their Children in “Failing” Schools
Religious education offers more than job preparation.
Two East European Sages’ Competing Views of Zionism, and Shared Love of the Land of Israel
Naftali Zvi Yehudah Berlin and Ḥayyim Soloveitchik.
To Help Families, Loosen Up the Housing Market
Americans suffer because of well-intended government policies.