American Judaism
Abraham Cahan was one of America’s first great Jewish newspapermen, and set an example of independent thinking that the nation could sorely use today.
Online prayer will never match the power of in-person worship.
“In those moments my spirit, moved me instinctively to thank God for the sanctification of life the Jewish state embodies.”
The story of a small congregation of converts.
But the problems are real, and need new solutions.
Peanut oil and the bat mitzvah.
The rise of the “nones” and the value of freedom of expression.
More than a practical campaign to reduce the costs of education.
Yet customers will keep coming back.
An alternative to liberalism that flourishes because of it.
Tikkun olam divorced from particularism is not Jewish universalism; it is just universalism.
About whom is it said: “A hairy man with a leather belt tied around his waist”?
Mitzvot and the aspiration to perform them abound in the souls of American Jews.
Choosing to feel commanded.