Israel and the Diaspora
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.
Less lobbying, more community reconstruction.
I was reproached for questioning whether Jews should be creating new communities in places from which they were cleansed. Let me explain.
Shaping history rather than being shaped by it.
In the U.S., Jews, too, have absorbed Protestant individualism.
When “aliyah” becomes a dirty word.
