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The Land Waited for the Jews
What Nahmanides understood about Israel that Mark Twain never did.
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This was Herman Wouk’s God
Herman Wouk is unlike any other Jewish cultural figure of his time.
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Pilgrimage Road and Palestinian Memory
An ancient staircase to the Temple Mount says plenty about Jerusalem’s history.
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The Bones of Brisk
Our union as Jews is with the living and the dead.
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Misunderstanding the Drops of Wine
Why do we remove drops of wine at the seder?…
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Sacrificed Upon the Alter
A staggering achievement in biblical translation and commentary—and why it goes wrong.
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American Karni
The single tweet that perfectly captures the assimilation of American Jewry.
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Alone in the Cosmos
A life of technological achievement is not a life of meaning.
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Filling the Artistic Void
Admiration for Judaism is inherent in Israeli high culture.
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Rembrandt’s Very Human, Very Accurate, Very Jewish (and Very Unclassical) David
Michelangelo vs. Rembrandt on King David.