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Painting the Tension at America’s Founding Moment
Thomas Jefferson and John Adams represent two different poles of the American creed.
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Yiddish is a Language of Faith
No matter how hard some try to disconnect it, Yiddish is inseparable from Judaism.
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Loss, Discovery, and a Lost Discovery in “Reading Ruth”
Rediscovering the wisdom of the departed in an ancient text.
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The Miracle of Osirak
Thanking God for the destruction of Iraq's nuclear program.
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The Nation of the Dry Bones
One of the most remarkable prayer services in the history of Judaism.
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The Function of Wine at the Passover Seder
Understanding wine and the seder with Plato and the Haggadah.
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The Jew Who Ran Away
Sometimes the Christian, and not the Jew, should serve as spiritual inspiration.
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Lincoln’s Almost Chosen People
Meir Soloveichik delivers the 2020 Erasmus Lecture at First Things magazine.
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Israel’s Vaccine Triumph
Israel led the world in the vaccinations. What does it mean?…
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The Common Cause of Religious Americans
What once made America different and better is now being rejected.