How the Singapore Summit Could Affect North Korea’s Relationship with Iran
The two will try to move nuclear cooperation underground.
July 10, 2018
Overturning “Roe vs. Wade” Doesn’t Threaten Jews’ Religious Freedom
Perverting the meaning of religious liberty.
With the fate of Roe vs. Wade again in question following the retirement of Anthony Kennedy from the Supreme Court, some Jews have argued in favor of upholding the decision based on claims of religious liberty. That is, since halakhah—even in the eyes of the most Orthodox—not only permits but requires abortion in certain circumstances, a ban on abortion would threaten Jews’ freedom to practice their religion. Mitchell Rocklin and Howard Slugh contend that this line of reasoning perverts the meaning of religious liberty:
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Poland, the Holocaust, and the Fight for Historical Truth
Mimicking the totalitarian habit of rewriting the past.
Overturning “Roe vs. Wade” Doesn’t Threaten Jews’ Religious Freedom
Perverting the meaning of religious liberty.
Remembering the Great Jewish Lutheran Sociologist of Religion
On Peter Berger and the Jews.
How Israeli Television Conquered the World
From In Treatment to Fauda.