Judaism
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Jerusalem, Above Our Chiefest Joy
Jerusalem was last a recognized capital city exactly 830 years ago, when in 1187 the Crusader Kingdom…
Everything Is Outside the Text
Rémi Brague famously described Europe as having an “eccentric identity.” He meant that Europe’s culture is one…
The Parson and the Talmud
This is the first installment in a new biweekly series, in which the First Things junior fellows…
The Jew’s Lament
The Jews’ saddest day is the Ninth of Av, which this year is Tuesday. During a fast…
The Humility that Jerusalem Brings
Lots of people have been reflecting on the Six Day War this month: the combat, the diplomacy,…
Thoughts on the Western Wall, Fifty Years Later
Photographs can capture exceptional moments in an iconic way, making the original experience “present” emotionally as well…
Ivanka, Jared, and the Jewish Sabbath
The media frenzy surrounding President Trump has included reports about his daughter and son-in-law’s observance of Jewish…
Going Benedict, Orthodox Jewish Style
In Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged, characters “go Galt” by disappearing into a valley, Galt’s Gulch, when society…
Nat Hentoff: One of a Kind
Nat Hentoff died recently, at the age of 91, in his own apartment, “surrounded by family [and]…
Jews of Silence
Had I had a premonition? asked the Hasidic rabbi last Saturday night, on the eve of the…
There and Back Again: A First-Century Jewish Tale
Captivity: A Novelby György SpiróNew York: Restless Books, 864 pages, $29.99 Michael Chabon once wrote a novel…
The Holy Family
Of the Passover festival in Jerusalem, St. Luke concisely reports, “When the festival was ended, Jesus stayed…
Overlooked Philosophy
Philosophy in the Hellenistic and Roman Worlds: A History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps, Vol. II by…
If the Law Isn’t In Heaven, Where Is It?
What’s Divine About Divine Law? by Christine Hayes Princeton, 432 pages, $39.50 In one of its more…
The Road to Nostra Aetate
Of all the documents of Vatican II, few have been more discussed and written about than Nostra…
