The Spanish Roots of Europe’s Wave of Terror
Meet Abu Musab al-Suri.
August 21, 2017
The Return to Judaism: Personal Perspective
Rationalism, theology, and Rolling Stone.
Today it is hardly unusual to find returnees to religious observance—baalei t’shuvah—in any Orthodox community, but until the 1970s this phenomenon was quite rare. The journalist Ellen Willis, in a 1977 essay in Rolling Stone, documented her brother’s embrace of tradition and her own decision not to follow suit. In a discussion with Jonathan Silver, Gil Student revisits the essay and its implications in light of his own experiences and theology. (Audio, 33 minutes.)
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Hamas and Iran Make Amends
In the midst of Middle East chaos, Hamas backs the seemingly strong horse.
The Return to Judaism: Personal Perspective
Rationalism, theology, and Rolling Stone.
A New Exhibit Rescues America’s Religious History from Curatorial Oblivion
From Islamic manuscripts to Quaker bonnets to Torah scrolls.
How a Jewish Legion Came to Fight for the United Kingdom in World War I
Against the protestations of many Zionist and anti-Zionist Jewish leaders.