Hizballah’s Religious Cleansing of Lebanon, and How Loosening Sanctions on Iran Will Make It Worse
Building a safe haven, training ground, and university for the terrorists of tomorrow.
January 31, 2022
The Problem of Writing about Prayer
“I often feel great disjunction between my own experience of prayer and what many people say about it.”
After a Jew takes three steps forward, utters the words “My Lord, open my lips, and let my mouth tell of your praises,” and begins the silent devotion known as the Amidah, Jewish tradition expects the worshipper to enjoy complete intimacy with the Creator. Are these moments translatable from one person to another, let alone from one religion to another? John Wilson, a Christian, addresses the first part of this question in his review of Romantic Prayer: Reinventing the Poetics of Devotion, 1773-1832:
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British Islam at a Crossroads
And the Hungarian Jew who helped found England’s first mosque.
One of America’s Most Prominent Reform Rabbis Is Taking a Stand for Zionism and for Judaism’s Religious Core
There’s no contradiction between prophetic values and peoplehood.
From the Depths of a Death Camp, Relics of Jewish Faith
Sh’ma pendants from Sobibor.
The Problem of Writing about Prayer
“I often feel great disjunction between my own experience of prayer and what many people say about it.”