As An Orthodox Jew, I Pray To Return To Jerusalem. As An American, I Feel At Home.
On Tisha B’Av, American Jews must reckon with the role we play in our country under Trump.
Orthodox Jews Love Trump Not Despite His Views On Women But Because Of Them
It is no coincidence that the two leaders share a policy agenda that includes restricting women’s rights and enforcing gender norms and hierarchy
Howard Schultz Could Spell The End Of Donald Trump
The concern that Schultz would take votes from Democrats is natural, given that he was a lifelong Democrat and major donor to Hillary Clinton.
Executing Dylann Roof Is Behind the Times and Against the Talmud
The jury’s decision to execute Dylann Roof for killing nine unarmed people in a historically black Charleston church may set off a legal argument closely mirrored an 1,800-year-old talmudic precedent.
Betraying Your Community for the Sake of Your Schooling
Americans overall tended to vote their ethnic identity, which they increasingly see in terms of conflict with other groups.
Hillary Clinton Is a Flawed Candidate — Just Like God
The many years Clinton has spent in public service are the stuff of a deep, ‘covenantal’ relationship with the American people, Avraham Bronstein argues.
What Donald Trump and NFL Football Tell Us About Chained Wives
Following eight years of struggle, an Israeli mother named Adina Porat finally received a Jewish writ of divorce, or get, earlier this month, bringing back into the headlines the plight of “agunot” — so-called chained women trapped in marriages and unable to move on because their husbands refuse to grant a divorce.
Religious Hedonism on Capitol Hill
Religion has long been front and center in American conservative political discourse. Far more than liberals, conservatives have been effective in framing issues with resonant religious language and values. Yet the theological language employed by some of today’s leading Republicans has degenerated into what can be described only as religious hedonism.