Israel Must Start Planning for the Day after a New Iran Deal
Close coordination with the White House is the only path forward.
April 22, 2025
You don’t have to be religious to believe in heaven.
While Judaism’s theology of the death penalty relies heavily—although by no means exclusively—on doctrines of the afterlife, these doctrines have largely been minimalized in non-haredi American Judaism. Overall, however, Americans tend to believe in life after death, and surveys show that this belief has remained steady for over five decades. Ryan Burge investigates:
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Login or SubscribeClose coordination with the White House is the only path forward.
More reliable than terror proxies.
All struggles are related . . . to the Jews.
You don’t have to be religious to believe in heaven.
And why repentance provides no out.