The President Confronts Jewish Leaders with More Disingenuousness
As usual, we are asked to believe that only supporters of the Iran deal are rational.
August 31, 2015
Making Sense of the Izbica Ḥasidim and Their Influence
They’ve had an impact on Jewish Renewal.
The 19th-century ḥasidic rabbi Mordechai Yosef Leiner of Izbica is best remembered today for his radical theological speculations. But this very extremism has made Leiner’s work attractive to devotees of the Jewish Renewal movement with its emphasis on “neo-ḥasidic” meditation, chanting, yoga, and the like. Presenting a brief historical account of Leiner and the sect he founded, David Bashevkin asks why his heterodox ideas never led to deviations from strict religious observance of the sort countenanced by his latter-day admirers:
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An Ex-Professor’s Tips for Fighting the Anti-Israel Movement on Campus
The best defense is a good offense.
Making Sense of the Izbica Ḥasidim and Their Influence
They’ve had an impact on Jewish Renewal.
An Israel Zangwill Murder Mystery Returns to the Shelves
Reissuing a forgotten work of a founding father of Zionism.
The IDF’s New Strategic Vision
Replacing erosion with immediate attack.