I 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 »
Editor R. R. Reno is joined by Rabbi Mark Gottlieb to talk about his article, “A Jewish Theology of Resurrection” from November 2023. Continue Reading »
Israel is at war, but these past few days of witnessing the love and gratitude of all who volunteered fill me with a bit of peace. Continue Reading »
Anti-Semitism is usually a sign of social and cultural rot, and this latest outbreak of an ancient social disease is no exception. Continue Reading »
It is a haze of fog and low cloud at dawn and the kookaburras are wild with ecstasy. The soft low click of the neighbors’ gate breaks in among the birdsong: opening, closing, opening. They are leaving early for the long weekend of midsummer. In the room next to mine, a man is retching, heaving, . . . . Continue Reading »
Does Judaism need a theology of Christianity? The usual answer is no: Whereas without Jews and Judaism there is no Jesus—both historically and theologically—the reverse does not hold. And yet some major Jewish thinkers have attempted to sketch such a theology. The great medieval . . . . Continue Reading »
The Nazis “ripped the lid off Hell.” That’s what Hamas did. It ripped the lid off Hell. Continue Reading »
Rabbi Meir Soloveichik joins the podcast to discuss his new book Providence and Power: Ten Portraits in Jewish Statesmanship. Continue Reading »
It is much easier to maintain your beliefs in the natural and enchanted worlds if you live in a community where everyone else does too. Continue Reading »
Zofia Kossak-Szczucka became one of the Jewish people's fiercest defenders, co-founding two underground organizations that helped Jews flee the Nazi genocide. Continue Reading »
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