Judaism
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Judaism Outside History
Jews familiar with Franz Rosenzweig (1886–1929) probably know him first as a hero, only then as a…
A Jewish Case Against the Naked Public Square
When people ask where I intern, I watch their faces carefully. I say: First Things, a journal…
The Scandal of Jewish Belief
The Gospel of Matthew ends with this promise of Jesus to his disciples: “Behold, I am with…
The Jew from Nowhere
In this episode, J. J. Kimche joins R. R. Reno on The Editor’s Desk to talk about…
My Father’s Game
Judaism and baseball were my father’s long before they became mine. When engaging in religious rituals, I…
Kabbalah and the Future (ft. Roger Simon)
In the latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Roger L. Simon…
Catholics and Modern Anti-Semitism
For certain personalities, drugs such as methamphetamine have an almost irresistible appeal. Only later does it turn…
Turned Away on Palm Sunday
In politics, diplomacy, war, or pretty much any field of human interaction, one must contend not only…
The Scandal of Judaism
Christianity has been marked by hostility toward Jews. I won’t rehearse the history. I’ll simply propose a…
Introducing The Jew From Nowhere
Longtime readers of First Things will probably be able to guess the third in this sequence: Catholic,…
While We’re At It
Above, I do my best to explain St. Paul’s reflections on the theological significance of Jewish...
The Spiritual Windfall of AI
The twentieth century was not particularly kind to blue-collar workers—or God. The Industrial Revolution and the stock…
The New Anti-Semitism
The rise of a new right-coded anti-Semitism might have been dismissed as an ephemeral murmur of the…
AI and Jewish Mysticism
What is the proper spiritual posture from which to ask questions of a machine? Might formulating clever…
The Limits of Universalism: An Exchange
As an American Jew and close friend and colleague of Robert George, it is easy for me…
