Easter, Creation, and Holiness
by George WeigelEaster faith summons us to think of ourselves as creatures capable of eternal life, and we can experience that life now. Continue Reading »
The Devil’s Face in Gaza
by Gerald McDermottThe face of Satan was on display during the October 7 attacks, and the war in Israel has brought vast change to Israeli society. Continue Reading »
Letters
by VariousLiel Leibovitz’s article “Fight Together, Win Together” (December 2023) is a stirring encapsulation of the dark side, so to speak, of intersectionality’s ideological ascendancy within western academic institutions. Two questions stand out to me after reading the piece. Several groups of . . . . Continue Reading »
The Mystery of Israel
by Sohrab AhmariThe “mystery of Israel”—that’s what Jacques Maritain called Israel’s endurance as the people of the Old Covenant, its indomitable insistence on Jewish particularity over and against the universal claims of Christianity. Through the ages it has been a source of both legitimate . . . . Continue Reading »
Israel at War
by Shalom CarmyIn reading this intelligent, useful, and timely book, I was reminded of the challenges I and some of my fellow students encountered back in the Vietnam era. Our intention was to get invited to various synagogues where we could present Jewish law perspectives on the morality and practice of war. The . . . . Continue Reading »
Israel Under Attack
by R. R. RenoEditor R. R. Reno is joined by Liel Leibovitz to talk about his article, “Pagan Hamas” from January 2024. Continue Reading »
Israel’s Virtues
by Faydra ShapiroI believe we live more meaningful lives here than we could in North America. The ease of 24-hour drive-thru society and the comfort of higher wages and cheaper consumer goods are never going to be enough to stave off the West’s existential malaise. Continue Reading »
Fight Together, Win Together
by Liel LeibovitzOn Saturday, October 7, a band of Hamas terrorists breached an internationally recognized border and crossed into Israel. Over the next twelve hours, they committed unspeakable horrors against a defenseless civilian population. They beheaded babies and burned entire families alive. They raped women . . . . Continue Reading »
Facing the Crisis
by R. R. RenoOn October 7, more Jews were killed than on any single day since the Holocaust, many in brutal and sadistic ways. Rapes committed, hostages taken, concertgoers gunned down, corpses desecrated, small children murdered: The attack by Hamas militants on civilians unveiled the terrible darkness of the . . . . Continue Reading »
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