How the Recent Sabotage of an Iranian Nuclear Facility Relates to Negotiations with the U.S.
A disturbing analogy from 1938.
April 22, 2021
Rethinking the Role of the Modern Orthodox Rabbi in the Aftermath of the Pandemic
Decentralization may bring back an old model.
As Jack Wertheimer recently observed in Mosaic, the coronavirus has led many Orthodox Jews to pray in small outdoor minyanim, where social-distancing regulations could be properly adhered to—and, having come to like the informality and intimacy of these gatherings, not all are eager to return to their synagogues. Ezra Schwartz, in an assessment of COVID-19’s effects on American Modern Orthodoxy, believes that this new trend toward decentralization calls for a reevaluation of pulpit rabbis’ obligations:
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Hamas’s Popularity Suggests That Palestinian Elections Will Legitimate Islamism
The terrorist group seeks to use democratic mechanisms to enhance its power, but it will not disarm.
Arab Israelis Are Reaping the Benefits of the Abraham Accords
And these may redound to Palestinians as well.
French Anti-Semitism Didn’t Spare the Highest Echelon of the Franco-Jewish Elite
Art collectors, millionaires, and victims.
Rethinking the Role of the Modern Orthodox Rabbi in the Aftermath of the Pandemic
Decentralization may bring back an old model.