Judaism
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Understanding Evangelicals
“If you want a friend in Washington,” said Harry Truman, “get a dog.” Hyperbole, to be sure,…
Anti-Semitism and False Alarms
Although repercussions may extend far into the future, we can now get a measure of critical distance…
To Be American
It hardly seems like all of eight years ago that Samuel P. Huntington gave us The Clash…
The Rebbe, the Messiah, and the Heresy Hunter
David Berger would seem an unlikely candidate for the role of heresy hunter. A mild-mannered professor of…
Israel 55 Years Later
Among the hottest of hot buttons in public discussion is the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Unlikely alliances are formed…
Rosenzweig’s and Ours
Christianity is Judaism for the Gentiles. That is the maxim attributed, not quite accurately, to Franz Rosenzweig,…
The Virtue of Hate
In his classic Holocaust text, The Sunflower, Simon Wiesenthal recounts the following experience. As a concentration camp prisoner,…
Why Israel Matters
The subject of Jews and Christians in “Christian America” is riddled with difficulties, and we should have…
A History of Their Own
At the suggestion of a friend, I took with me for reading on the flight to Ukraine…
Israel and Anti-Semitism
There are some questions of which we may be exceedingly weary, but they will not go away.…
L’Chaim and Its Limits: Why Not Immortality?
You don’t have to be Jewish to drink L’Chaim, to lift a glass “To Life.” Everyone in…
A Jewish Jesus
Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews: Jewish Life and the Emergence of Christianity by paula fredriksen…
The Social Construction of What?
The Social Construction of What? by ian hacking harvard university press, 272 pages, $34.50 If you suppose…
History as Tragedy
A People Apart: The Jews in Europe, 1789-1939 by david vital oxford university press, 944 pages, $100.08…
In the Tradition…Sort Of
Matters of Life and Death: A Jewish Approach to Modern Medical Ethics by elliot n. dorff jewish…
