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.
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.
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.
“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?
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.
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…
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…
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…
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…
Rabbi Akiva’s Heroism for Torah
Towards the end of the Second Temple Period, the Land of Israel was in tumult. Following a bloody civil war, the Jews rebelled against the Roman Empire, which had ruled…