“We do not have to account to anybody, we are not to sit for anybody’s examination.”

Where a Libyan Jew from the 2nd century BCE saw the hand of God, his counterparts in Judea saw human courage.

Judaism without content.

But the Jewish state will need to improve relations with American Jewry to face the challenges ahead.

A book calling for the Jewish state’s elimination will do little more than provoke hatred for Jews and Israel.

Joshua Cohen’s The Netanyahus.

Alleviating the suffering of Jew and Gentile alike.

Refusing to praise peace, or condemn incitement.

A false dichotomy between the particularist king and the universalist prophet nevertheless discloses a truth about its author.

Fire beacons for the new moon.

Starting with education.

The practical challenges of “negating the exile.”

Why the Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations matters.

U.S. Jews who care about Israel tend to be more religious and more right-wing than those who don’t.