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The Very Model of a New York Intellectual
By Ruth R. WisseAbraham Cahan was one of America's first great Jewish newspapermen, and set an example of independent thinking that the nation could sorely use today.
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The Apocalyptic Visions of Jacob Taubes and Meir Kahane
By Samuel GoldmanAs 1970s America unraveled, both radicals posed “uncomfortable questions for comfortable Jews.” What did they ask, and are conditions ripe for similar figures to emerge?
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Podcast: Yossi Shain on the Israeli Century
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How Will Synagogues Survive?
By Jack WertheimerIt's been a year since most American synagogues closed their doors. Will the practices they adopted to survive undermine their prospects when the pandemic ends?
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Liberal Judaism Is Dedicated to Identity Formation, Not a Religious Worldview
By John MoscowitzWhen it comes to understanding the sometimes fraught relationship between Jewish communities, American and Israeli, Orthodox and liberal, few possess the perspective of Daniel Gordis . All the more s...
Response ·
The Problem of (Jewish) Positive Thinking
By Tara Isabella BurtonDaniel Gordis is right to cite the American tradition of optimism as a key to understanding the difference in mentality, and what he calls attitudes of “resilience,” between America’s liberal Jewish...
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American Judaism’s Old Dinosaurs Roar Again
By Jack WertheimerCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
Monthly Essay ·
How America’s Idealism Drained Its Jews of Their Resilience
By Daniel GordisIn Israel and in traditional communities, life and liturgy don't run away from hardship. Most American Jews prefer to think on the brighter side, but that comes at a high cost.
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Graveyard: A Story
By Edward GrossmanCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
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Podcast: Jack Wertheimer on the New American Synagogue
By Tikvah Podcast at Mosaic, Jack WertheimerCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
Observation ·
What the Success of “Mikva the Musical” Says about Orthodox Judaism Today
By Sarah RindnerCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
Observation ·
Podcast: Jack Wertheimer on the New American Judaism
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Response ·
American Jews: Doomed to a Thin Culture with No Future?
By Jack WertheimerMy thanks to Lawrence A. Hoffman, Elliot Cosgrove, and Christine Rosen for their thoughtful responses to my essay, “ The New High Holy Days .” My comments here proceed in reverse order of the response...
Response ·
Jack Wertheimer’s Critique of American Synagogues is On-Target—and Woefully Off
By Elliot CosgroveAs a preeminent scholar of American Jewish history, Jack Wertheimer has shaped the thinking not only of his academic discipline but also of thousands of rabbis, cantors, Jewish educators, and professi...
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What’s Wrong with Nostalgia for Judaism’s “Millennia-Long Tradition”
By Lawrence A. HoffmanIn 1933, the great economist John Maynard Keynes looked out on the world and decried “the magic spell of immobility” that had gripped U.S. President Herbert Hoover. “Great issues deserve his attention...
Monthly Essay ·
The New High Holy Days
By Jack WertheimerWhat happens when, once a year, the urge to accommodate every consumer fashion meets massive Jewish cultural illiteracy?
Observation ·
Turns out Everybody Likes to Talk about an Aliyah of the Soul
By PhilologosCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
Observation ·
What’s with the Talk about an Aliyah of the Soul?
By PhilologosCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
Observation ·
The Other Other L. Strauss
By Allan ArkushCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
Observation ·
An Eye-Opening Introduction to the Jewish Influence on America’s Founding
By Tevi TroyCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
Observation ·
Why Are Jewish Children’s Books so Bad?
By Michael WeingradCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
