Tikvah
Editors’ Pick

April 13, 2026

Athens, Jerusalem, and the American Idea

Restoring the covenant.

What is a civilization? What makes Western civilization distinct, and what is the Jewish contribution to that distinctiveness? Is it the Greco-Roman or the Judaic element that played the decisive role in shaping the West? Meir Soloveichik discusses these questions and others in conversation Larry Arnn, but first they broach a simpler one: what does a rabbi do all day? (Video, 66 minutes.)

SaveGift