The central commandment found in American etiquette Torah is this old chestnut: Never discuss religion or politics. Do so, and you run the risk of offending those who hold different views. This is a grave sin, because polite society, after all, is an ideal predicated on the polite fiction that . . . . Continue Reading »
The story of the ten Booms is one of extraordinary power: of a family sacrificing all for the Jewish people. Continue Reading »
Former Senator Joe Lieberman was an exemplary leader and man of faith in the public square. Continue Reading »
Filmmaker Darren Aronofsky examines life's meaning in his work, but only once depicts a vindication of man's striving for the eternal. Continue Reading »
Living within a stone’s throw of the nation’s leading collection of Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood art housed at the Delaware Art Museum, I was familiar with Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s art but not his poetry. I therefore appreciate having been enlightened by Brian Patrick Eha’s “Rossetti the . . . . Continue Reading »
Cursed be he by day and cursed be he by night; cursed be he when he lies down and cursed be he when he awakens. Cursed be he when he goes out and cursed be he when he comes in. . . . May the Lord blot out his name from under heaven. . . . Nobody may communicate with him, neither in writing nor . . . . Continue Reading »
Christ's death shows that God also reigns over the silence. Continue Reading »
Easter faith summons us to think of ourselves as creatures capable of eternal life, and we can experience that life now. Continue Reading »
Those who invoke the “Palestinian Jesus” are trying to “take the Jewish out of Jesus,” which undermines his mission. Continue Reading »
John A. Burtka IV joins the podcast to discuss his new book Gateway to Statesmanship: Selections from Xenophon to Churchill. Continue Reading »
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