Judaism and Politics

In this timely essay, Noam Weissman of OpenDor Media argues for a form of Israel education that tackles challenging topics in Israel’s history.

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

David Polsky meticulously explores officer immunity in Halakha and compares it with the American legal standard of qualified immunity.

Yisroel Ben-Porat offers historical, hashkafic, and personal reflections on what’s often called the “Judeo-Christian” tradition and whether a Torah u-Madda outlook can embrace the study of Christianity.

Jonathan Muskat responds to Jonathan Sarna regarding a proposed change in the text of the Orthodox Jewish prayer for the government.

In this essay, Weinberg reflects on the symbolic significance of tefillin and its message for our Jewish future.

With a novel reading of Josephus and Gittin, Shana Schwartz proposes that the tragedy of the second hurban and the mystery of subsequent Jewish survival may be understood by reference to the physiological knowledge available in classical antiquity.

Elli Fischer reads one of Rashi's most famous comments against the grain.

Rav Moshe Feinstein does not praise the United States for not having fascists and communists, but for having a system of government that is particularly resistant to what came to be known as totalitarianism.

Moshe Kurtz explores the different meanings of silence in Halakhah in light of recent political events