Most Israelis Understand That Israel Can Be Right and the Whole World Wrong
Israel must keep those who seek to destroy it from breaching its borders.
May 7, 2018
Should Religious Institutions Receive Funding from the Government?
The constitutional case for putting religious and secular institutions on equal footing.
In recent years, state and federal courts have repeatedly been faced with the questions of whether governmental grants and programs can provide money to churches, seminaries, and other religious institutions without running afoul of the First Amendment or state constitutions, and, conversely, whether withholding such funds constitutes prohibited religious discrimination. Michael Helfand, examining the sometimes-contradictory rulings on the matter, sees—and applauds—an emerging tendency for the Supreme Court to allow, or even require, religious institutions to be eligible for government largess:
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Discouraging the Use of Chemical Weapons Should Be an End in Itself
Achieving what’s possible.
Should Religious Institutions Receive Funding from the Government?
The constitutional case for putting religious and secular institutions on equal footing.
How S.Y. Agnon’s Fiction Captured the Jewish Spirit
The last Hebrew classic?
Technology Borrowed from NASA Has Led to the Probable Discovery of an Unknown Dead Sea Scroll
Written in an ancient Hebrew alphabet.