The Secretary of State’s Perverse Equivalence between Israel and the Palestinian Authority
On the one hand, a spate of murders; on the other, Jews living where the Biden administration believes they shouldn’t be.
April 8, 2022
Some Modern, and Biblical, Reflections on Gossip and Leprosy
Beware the Teflon gossip.
Most of this Sabbath’s Torah reading (Leviticus 14 and 15), like the one that preceded it, is devoted to the complex laws governing the dermatological affliction usually rendered as “leprosy.” While there are no Jews who observe these rules today, traditional interpretation—based on Numbers 12—understands the ailment as a punishment for gossip. Rabbi David Wolpe offers three “truths” that stem from the strict talmudic injunction against speaking ill of one’s fellow:
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The Israeli Government Lost Its Majority. What Next?
More political instability at the Knesset.
Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Record on Israel and Religion
Two rulings speak well of the new Supreme Court justice’s attitudes.
Some Modern, and Biblical, Reflections on Gossip and Leprosy
Beware the Teflon gossip.
How the 1950 Census Results Might Contribute to Understanding American Jewish History
This survey had an unusual Passover problem.