Judaism

A selection of recent articles on this topic

Looking Back to Think Forward

Francis X. Maier

History is a great teacher. And lately I’ve been absorbed by three late 15th- and early 16th-century…

Mere Judaism

Mark Gottlieb

Judaism Straight Up:Why Real Religion Enduresby moshe koppel maggid books, 218 pages, $24.95 Seventy years ago, the…

The Power of Public Policy

Mark Bauerlein

The latest installment in an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. On this episode, Oren Cass…

A Failed Experiment in Methodist Unity

Dale M. Coulter

After just fifty years, the experiment in Methodist unity that is the United Methodist Church is coming…

Bitterness and Hope at Chanukah

Cole S. Aronson

A column about Jewish things. Chanukah is Judaism at its least demanding and most comfortable. We light…

Dignity in Flames

Dov Lerner

The flames of the Hanukkah candles symbolize both enchantment and futility in a way that speaks to…

On Supersessionism

Hans Boersma

You brood of vipers,” excoriates John the Baptist in what may well be the most politically incorrect…

Trying Abraham

Cole S. Aronson

A biweekly column about Jewish things. No one was tested more harshly than Abraham. His second most…

Does Natural Law Need Theology?

David Novak

Until quite recently, natural law thinking had been a Catholic preserve. My interest in it was awakened…

Balm for Germany?

Cole S. Aronson

A biweekly column about Jewish things. As a Jewish child, I was taught to accept Holocaust survivors’…

Israel’s Political Mythology

Ari Lamm

Israel may be the land of the Hebrew Bible, but few expected the leader of Israel’s Arab…

We Are All Children

Cole S. Aronson

A biweekly column about Jewish things. “. . . that memory may their deed redeem when, like…

Love and Awe

Cole S. Aronson

A reflection on the weekly Torah portion. Love and awe: the religious mind is bent toward God…

The Spirit of Speech

Cole S. Aronson

A reflection on the weekly Torah portion.  If a man takes a vow or an oath upon himself,”…

Singer’s Stories

John Wilson

For the first time in a long while, I have been rereading Isaac Bashevis Singer’s collection of…