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August 21, 2018

In Defense of In-Marriage, Community, and Particularism

Escape from the ghetto of one.

In May, Michael Chabon, known primarily as a writer of fiction, gave a commencement address at Hebrew Union College in which he attacked particularism in all of its forms, the Jewish prohibition on intermarriage, and the Jews of Hebron, proclaiming his own disillusionment with Judaism altogether. Chaim Strauchler and David Wolkenfeld respond:

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August 21, 2018

  1. The Dangers of Diplomacy with Iran

    Avoid the yap trap.

  2. Israel’s Paradoxical Goals in Gaza

    Neither stability nor prosperity is consistent with Hamas’s aims.

  3. Don’t Let Anti-Discrimination Laws Become a Weapon against Religious Liberty and Common Sense

    Investigating a women’s shelter for barring entry to a man.

  4. In Defense of In-Marriage, Community, and Particularism

    Escape from the ghetto of one.

  5. An Ancient Village Appears to Have Been a Center for the Production of Gazelle-Hide Torah Scrolls

    Confirming the evidence of the Talmud.