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Reviews, Winter 2023 Edition

The Jewish World of Alexander Hamilton

Andrew Porwancher’s The Jewish World of Alexander Hamilton dissects the Founding Father’s unique relationship to the Jewish community.

March 8, 2023March 8, 2023
Symposium, Winter 2023 Edition

Regaining our Power Through Knowledge: The Solution to Rising Anti-Semitism on Campus

An emotional connection to our Judaism cannot be our only solace. Knowledge is the solution to the problem Jewish students face today.

March 3, 2023March 8, 2023
Features, Winter 2023 Edition

A New Viewpoint on Diversity

Often, it seems that the people who talk about diversity never visit diverse communities. People seem to think that diversity is based on how one looks. True diversity is not about how someone looks, but how they act.

March 2, 2023
Features, Winter 2023 Edition

The Dangerous Descent of American Free Speech

Decisive action must be taken in the fight against individual liberties – the future of the American experiment our Founders fought to preserve is at stake.

March 1, 2023March 2, 2023
Symposium, Winter 2023 Edition

“Judge Your Kin Fairly”: The Jewish Response to Cancel Culture

The internet leaves people free to judge and shame others without remorse. Should Jews take part in this culture of shame, or would Jewish tradition say this is taking accountability too far?

February 13, 2023March 2, 2023
Symposium, Winter 2023 Edition

The Tanakh Roots of Core American Values

To many, what constitutes American values is obvious: private property, civil liberties, the rule of law, and political equality, to name a few. But these values are hardly exclusively American. In fact, these notions are often the extension of ideas first found directly in the Tanakh.

February 9, 2023March 2, 2023
Grant Me the Strength
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Grant Me the Strength

On Christmas Day, 1991, the hammer-and-sickle banner that had fluttered over the Kremlin for 70 years was lowered for the last time, replaced by the new flag of the Russian Federation. The Soviet Union had collapsed. 

May 16, 2022February 9, 2023
An American Jewish Folk Hero
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An American Jewish Folk Hero

A striking fact about modern Zionism is that its founder, Theodor Herzl, dedicated his life to Jewish statehood despite originally caring little for Jewishness. At one point, he even advocated that Jews be baptized; he also

May 16, 2022February 13, 2023
The Early Encounters of Jabotinsky
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The Early Encounters of Jabotinsky

Why return to Vladimir Jabotinsky today? In Hillel Halkin’s Jabotinsky (2014), we witness the transformative experiences of this great man’s youth, which help to explain how he became the formidable Zionist thinker and strategist we know him to

May 16, 2022February 13, 2023
The Identity Crisis of Robert Moses
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The Identity Crisis of Robert Moses

Throughout the twentieth century, New York was defined by some of the same forces that shaped other major American cities: the Great Depression, waves of immigration, the World Wars, and the post-war boom. However, New York

May 4, 2022February 13, 2023
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