The American social scientist joins us to assess what’s happening in American religious culture as the pandemic continues to take its toll.

A new book aims to dispel the idea of the divine chosenness of the Jews. In fact, it promotes a moralism as heavy-handed as that of the most simplistic preacher.

Read along with one of our time’s great readers of the Bible as he works his way through the book of Exodus.

As tracked through the waxing and waning value of the Hebrew words for “departees” and “descenders.”

The best of what we published in 2020 on the ever-changing relationship between Jews and Christians, and in particular American Jews and American Christians.

As 2020 comes to a close, we’re looking back at the work we published this year. Today, we focus on the coronavirus, and its effects on Jewish life.

Some reflections on how we Jews cope with the majority culture around us, provoked by Handel’s beautifully crafted 1741 oratorio.