Where Does Hillary Clinton Stand on Israel?
The Clinton-Blumenthal emails.
March 23, 2016
Should Modern Orthodox Jews Accept That Some Beliefs Are Heretical?
Shlomo Riskin’s The Living Tree: Studies in Modern Orthodoxy.
In a recently published collection of essays, Shlomo Riskin—a leading American-born Israeli rabbi—tackles many of the thorniest issues confronting Modern Orthodoxy. David Berger, who has much praise for the book and its author in his review, nevertheless takes issue with Riskin’s attempt to define away the talmudic category of the apikoros, or heretic:
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Israel’s Hidden Alliance with the Kurds Comes Out from the Shadows
“The very fact the Kurds exist as a nation on the ground helps to ease the pressure on Israel.”
In America, Islamic Education Encourages Hostility toward Israel
Some won’t even put Israel on the map.
Should Modern Orthodox Jews Accept That Some Beliefs Are Heretical?
Shlomo Riskin’s The Living Tree: Studies in Modern Orthodoxy.
The Three Architects Who Designed Modern Jerusalem
Erich Mendelsohn, Austen St. Barbe Harrison, and Spyro Houris.