Judaism and Politics

Menachem Butler responds to Michael Bernstein's article about the propriety of placing flags in shul sanctuaries.

Sarah Rindner contemplates whether Torah u-Madda as it’s sometimes interpreted can engender unreflective allegiance to trends in contemporary society that might harm our religious communities.

No two Orthodox rabbis think exactly the same way, particularly on the matter of Darwinism in the wake of the Scopes Trial. 

Our traditional longing for the rebuilding of the Beit Ha-Mikdash elides uncomfortable questions about the dramatic differences between sacrificial worship and our current models of serving God. Meir Kraus argues that the time has come to engage in this difficult conversation, especially in light of the growing religious-political movement to restore Jewish presence on the Temple Mount. Kraus also proposes an “alternative vision” for a future Temple era.

Jason Herman examines whether or not rabbis should talk politics in shul.

Roy Pinchot responds to Zach Truboff's article decrying the ethical and spiritual costs of the war.

Twelve years after the passing of R. Menachem Froman, his daughter-in-law, the scholar and activist Tchiya Froman, considers R. Froman’s literary critique of the Gush Emunim settlement enterprise and his determination that Judaism requires a feminine revolution.

Nathan Diament of the Orthodox Union Advocacy Center on the political advocacy of faith communities today.

AJ Berkovitz offers a charitable perspective on American politicians' apparent errors in citing the Bible.

As this election season draws to a close at last, Zev Eleff crunches the numbers on the Modern Orthodox vote—a demographic whose politics are not so easy to pin down.