The well-known rabbi looks at the link between freedom and monotheism in the the text accompanying the seder service.
The truth of the tale of Hillel and the “Hillel sandwich.”
The distinguished Israeli public servant lost a son in combat with Hamas in November. What have the months since brought?
Jews in Arab lands spoke much the same Arabic as their neighbors. But the notion that they thought of themselves as Arab Jews, pushed now in some circles, is a historical absurdity.
Many on the Israeli right claim that the soldiers who fight and die for the country no longer belong to the old secular elite but to a rising national-religious one. Are they correct?
As the subject grows more controversial than ever, the haredi rabbi and editor argues that it’s time for men in his community to accept the obligations of Jewish belonging.
A 2019 conversation with the late senator on Herzl’s ideas, the effect that Israel has had on American Jewry, and more
A practicing Orthodox Jew, the late senator lived his faith; no political triumph ever seemed to dent his graciousness.
The author of a new book diagnoses the dilemmas of American public life and suggests some ways of healing them.
The author of a new book explains how American culture turned against raising kids, and looks to Jewish communities as models of healthy, family-oriented society.
The holiday noisemaker bears a suspicious resemblance to the Spanish carraca.
The retired Israeli official explains the historical and strategic context of Israel’s aid to Gaza.
What has the U.S. learned about tactics, strategy, and the harsh world of great-power conflict?
Hebrew is full of goats these days, and English and French aren’t too far behind. Where’d they all come from?
