How the U.S. Can Stop Hizballah from Going to War with Israel
Talk tough, or forget peace.
July 1, 2024
Bringing 21st-Century Jewish Mysticism to an English-Language Audience
An unresolved paradox when it comes to secular culture.
Outside of yeshiva circles, the name Moshe Shapira is hardly recognized by American Jews, even those with a particular interest in Jewish thought. Yet Rabbi Shapira, who died in 2017, had an outsize influence on haredi theology in Israel and to a lesser extent in the diaspora, with his distinctive and intellectually sophisticated blend of non-hasidic mysticism, musar (moral introspection), and reverence for unadulterated Talmud study. Mark Gottlieb reviews a posthumously published work by Mattisyahu Rosenblum that presents many of Shapira’s ideas to the English-language reader:
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The Attack on Jews Is an Assault on America and on the West
It’s time for a Jewish exodus from institutions that don’t welcome them.
Qatar’s Interference in U.S. Education Ranges from Nuclear Technology to First Grade
Potentially exposing sensitive information to Iran.
Bringing 21st-Century Jewish Mysticism to an English-Language Audience
An unresolved paradox when it comes to secular culture.
America’s Pagan Politics
The American people can retain great virtue even amid their challenges.