Judaism
A selection of recent articles on this topic
From the Mount of Olives
Jesus begins his Palm Sunday march into Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives (Matt. 21:1), which stands…
Bring Back the Blue Laws
My home state of North Dakota just removed the respirator from a dying vestige of American culture.…
For a Time Such as This
Many Jews interpret the story of Purim as a series of fortuitous, coincidental events that happen to…
Our Dreyfus Case
In December 1894, Captain Alfred Dreyfus of the French Army was convicted of treason on the grounds…
In Defense of Sir Roger
Soon after Sir Roger Scruton was appointed to advise the UK’s Ministry of Housing as chair of…
Death at Tree of Life
On Saturday, October 27, 46-year-old Robert Gregory Bowers shot eleven Jews dead and wounded nine at Pittsburgh’s…
Anti-Semitism and the Rise of Rage
News of the shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh hit me like a punch…
Fridays Without Charles
Take my word for it: You don’t want to be around me at breakfast. I am not…
Sabbath Deification
Israel gathers at Sinai on the third day of the third month after leaving Egypt (Exod. 19:16).…
What Bibi and Orban Can Shake On
If a geopolitical observer had predicted a decade ago that Israel and Saudi Arabia would one day…
The Real Modern Anti-Semitism
A Brezhnev-era joke asked whether it was a crime to say that the party chairman was an idiot.…
Godly Politics
Americans on the political right and left have had concerns about our presidents and their monarchical tendencies.…
Why Does Religion Need Commandments?
What is the point of the myriad commandments governing every aspect of a Jew’s life? Why does…
Judaism, Christianity, and First Things
The Edgardo Mortara episode is a stain on the Catholic Church. Whatever one thinks about the efficacy…
Chronicles as Political Theology
First and Second Chronicles recount the history of the Davidic kings of the kingdom of Judah. It’s…
