The new year of the trees celebrates the connection to the Land of Israel.

So much for Europe’s commitment to human rights.

While the soul may have primary importance, the body is still seen as a holy vessel.

Particularism, universalism, and the circumcision of Jesus.

No worries about “Jewish continuity.”

A new study of Jewish law in the medieval Muslim world argues that he did.

“The voice of my beloved knocks.”

It’s in his cultural DNA.

Changing the past.

A universalist doctrine for the modern era.

Ancient Israelite authors “totally eclipsed their neighbors.”

And thoughts on the growth of left-wing anti-Semitism.

But what does it mean for the state of Israel?