Israel’s Campaign in Gaza Has Been a Success, but Won’t Achieve a Decisive Victory
Evaluating Shield and Arrow.
May 12, 2023
The Riches of Jewish Practice Can More Than Compete with the Marketplace of Secular Alternatives
Mitzvot and the aspiration to perform them abound in the souls of American Jews.
Today, writes Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove, few Conservative Jews see Jewish law as a set of divinely ordained obligations, while few Reform Jews see Jewish ritual practice as entirely antiquated—both in contradistinction to the formal theology of these denomination’s founders. Moreover, he argues, their attitudes reflect those of the overwhelming majority of American Jews. These facts, to Cosgrove, suggest a positive way forward for Judaism in the U.S. and elsewhere:
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The Israeli Left May Have Stopped Judicial Reform, but It Hasn’t Won Over the Public
A victory for the center-right, not the center-left.
Congressional Democrats Greet Anti-Israel Slurs with a Shrug
Nakba Day on Capitol Hill with Rashida Tlaib and Bernie Sanders.
The Riches of Jewish Practice Can More Than Compete with the Marketplace of Secular Alternatives
Mitzvot and the aspiration to perform them abound in the souls of American Jews.
Jewish Artistic Creativity for the Days between Passover and Shavuot
Three-hundred years of omer art.