Anti-Semitic Attacks Only Seem to Matter When the Victims Are the Right Kind of Jews, and the Perpetrators the Right Kind of Anti-Semites
Pittsburgh, Jersey City, Colleyville—and the silence about Muslim anti-Semitism.
January 18, 2022
A Personal, National, and Biblical Story of Liberation—and Its Relevance for America
Young people entering universities should arrive with a strong moral sense.
Discussing her memoir, Free as Jew: A Personal Memoir of National Liberation—first published serially in Mosaic—Ruth R. Wisse describes the progression from slavery, to freedom, to responsibility, and finally to gratitude. This sequence, she explains in conversation with John J. Miller, is the subject of much of the Torah and the Passover Haggadah, and is part of both the modern Jewish experience and the American. In addition, Wisse addresses the sorry state of the universities, and the need for young people to enter them with an already formed moral sense. (Audio, ten minutes.)
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The Rise of the “Arab Spring Generation” Is Changing the Middle East—Perhaps for the Better
The Arab world is getting younger, better educated, and less anti-Israel.
Promoting Immigration Is a Central Tenet of Zionism
Olim bring skills and capital—and fulfill the Jewish state’s purpose.
Lessons in Passing on the Faith from a Study of Conservative Christian Parents
When it comes to religious parenting, be hands on.
A Personal, National, and Biblical Story of Liberation—and Its Relevance for America
Young people entering universities should arrive with a strong moral sense.