Tag: Politics

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

In honor of Flag Day, Michael Bernstein argues that national flags do not belong in our shul sanctuaries. Drawing on halakhic responsa, news reports, and photographic evidence, Bernstein locates the practice of displaying flags in shuls in its historical context and proposes that flags do not ever belong in prayer spaces.

Chaim Trachtman shows how a careful examination of debates between Shammai and Hillel challenge our preconceived notions about them.

In an enlightening new essay, Ilan Fuchs reviews Hayyim Rothman's recent book, No Masters but God: Portraits of Anarcho-Judaism, and uncovers what some of the most radical 19th century Orthodox political thinkers had to say about religion, statehood, and Jewish utopia.

What is President Trump’s legacy for Orthodox Jews? Shalom Carmy, taking stock of the past four years, considers religious liberty, Israel policy, and the bitter polarization that dominates American politics

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.

Jerome Marcus comments on the connection between davening with sinners and playing politics.

Eliezer Finkelman offers his thoughts on politicizing from the pulpit.

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

Politics from the Pulpit Redux: Don Seeman builds on Jason Herman.