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The Theologian of the American Idea
How Abraham Lincoln taught us to think about America and its civil war.
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Teach Your Children Well
Covenants don't endure without parents who pass down its lessons.
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The Zionist Uncle Who Changed the World
Lewis Dembitz and the Balfour Declaration.
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One Brief Kaddish, Summer 2017
It's rightly becoming more and more mainstream for Jews to ascend the Temple Mount.
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Rembrandt’s Jewish Vision
A non-Jewish Dutch artist may be the most Jewish artist of them all.
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May You Be Inscribed for a Good Laugh
The Jewish view of laughter.
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David, We Hardly Knew Ye
Stop comparing modern leaders to King David.
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Love and the Law
When Christians seek the secret of Jewish survival.
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Anniversary of an Image
Understanding the history and meaning of the photograph that is the embodiment of Israel itself.
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The Jews Who Saved Monticello
Thomas Jefferson’s home lay in ruin until Uriah Phillips Levy stepped in to help.