Protecting Orthodox Jewish Schools
by Rabbi Moshe Hauer and Michael A. HelfandFor the third time in five years, the New York State Education Department is proposing new rules for evaluating nonpublic schools. Continue Reading »
The View from Vienna
by Ari BermanWhen we saw Ukrainians forced to pack their bags and flee their country, we knew it was time to pack our own bags and go where we were needed. Continue Reading »
Letters
by VariousMark Bauerlein’s account of the English department’s decline in “Truth, Reading, Decadence” (June/July) makes for good reading. It is true to my experience in the field of literary study and helps give the tragedy our discipline has undergone intelligible structure. For those unfamiliar with . . . . Continue Reading »
America Needs a Kosher Diner
by Cole S. AronsonDiners teach us that our kind of people isn’t the center of the universe. Continue Reading »
How to Read Ecclesiastes
by Cole S. AronsonIn light of faith, what’s ancient isn’t banal, but tracks God’s constant devotion to his creatures. What’s fleeting or random isn’t futile, but an imitation of God’s free grace. Continue Reading »
Briefly Noted
by VariousSeder Night, the lengthy ritualistic meal of the first night of Passover, is considered one of the most important events in the Jewish calendar. Mark Gerson’s new work underscores—with great panache and enthusiasm—perhaps the most underappreciated facet of the evening: the . . . . Continue Reading »
Kept From Keeping the Sabbath
by Michael A. HelfandA recent court case concerning accommodations for Orthodox Jews on Shabbat raises the question: How can the law build a more decent society for the faithful? Continue Reading »
Of Dying and Rising
by Mark BauerleinJeffrey Pulse joins the podcast to discuss his recent book, Figuring Resurrection: Joseph as a Death and Resurrection Figure in the Old Testament and Second Temple Judaism. Continue Reading »
Mere Judaism
by Mark GottliebSeventy years ago, the European émigré Chaim Grade (pronounced “GRAH-deh”) published a short story that would secure his place in the pantheon of great Yiddish writers of the twentieth century. “Mayn krig mit hersh rasseyner,” usually rendered in English as “My Quarrel with Hersh . . . . Continue Reading »
True Jewish Lit
by Cole S. AronsonThe title of Adam Kirsch’s survey of twentieth-century Jewish literature can be read in two ways. In historical terms, the Holocaust was the curse. The founding of Israel and the welcome Jews received in America were the blessings. But as a literary matter, the blessing and the curse were the . . . . Continue Reading »
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