Naftali Bennett Should Ask for an Enduring American Commitment to Israel’s Control over the Golan Heights
Mixed messages could lead to war.
July 2, 2021
Lessons from a New History of Orthodox and Reform Judaism
Judaism’s “self-contained system of ethics.”
Both Orthodox and Reform Judaism emerged in 19th-century Germany, after the ghetto walls had been torn down, and as governments gradually removed restrictions on Jewish life, while Jews themselves began speaking German and adopting elements of German culture. In Defenders of the Faith: Studies in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Orthodoxy and Reform, Judith Bleich examines the religious ferment of the time, and its continuation into the 20th century. Gil Student writes in his review:
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Ilhan Omar’s Anti-Semitism Tap-Dance Is Deliberate
The only prejudice tolerated in the Democratic party’s ranks.
The Israeli Flag Flies in the City That Gave the World Herzl and Hitler
The Austrian capital redeemed.
Two Jewish Fantasy Novels, Despite Their Respective Charms, Are Satisfied with Superficiality
A Tel Aviv hipster in King Arthur’s court.
Lessons from a New History of Orthodox and Reform Judaism
Judaism’s “self-contained system of ethics.”