Politics & Current Affairs
How America’s far right found its anti-Semitic voice and figured out its true identity.
Open ties between the two nations are in everyone’s interest, but it will take serious intent and deft maneuvering from America to get there. Is the administration up to it?
The author of a Supreme Court amicus brief talks about a recently argued case that could have enormous consequences for religious Americans.
Insects may be welcome on European plates, but not kosher meat.
Is America becoming less religious or merely less Christian?
As Christianity has receded in Europe, a movement has grown to invest culinary life with a moral meaning that runs counter to biblical faith.
Europeans discomfited with the idea of animal cruelty could abstain from meat. But accusing halal and kosher butchers instead absolves the conscience and keeps the foie gras flowing.
The foreign-policy analyst on how the China-brokered deal came about and what signals the Saudis are sending.
Israel’s court is abnormally powerful and has caused half the nation to lose faith in its government. Reform will help, as long as it doesn’t cause the other half to do the same.
Instead of placing ourselves as the main characters in another mighty civilization’s story, our task remains to plough our own furrow, and reap our own harvest.
Religious organizations need a voice inside the federal government. Is the twenty-year-old office still up to the task?
Discussing Free as a Jew.
Jewish teachings have shaped Western civilization from the beginning. How can Jews build schools that encourage the rising generation to take this responsibility seriously?
Why is a silly new documentary about anti-Semitism that breathlessly reveals David Schwimmer has “never felt white, ever” getting such a rapturous response?