Should Insulting Us Be a Criminal Offense?
Proposed Israeli legislation to brand haters and inciters "racists" may provide us some protection and...
Non-Zionists Indeed? On Charedim and Jewish Nationalism
Charedim in Israel are closely affiliated with the political Right, whether in political alliances or...
The Biblical Imperative of Guardianship
Orthodox Jews are often assumed to be conservatives; Charedim are ultra-conservatives. However, a careful Torah...
Esther: A Tale of Jewish Nationism
Esther's self-sacrifice for the sake of the Jewish People was not an act of altruism,...
Between Williamsburg and Berlin: What is the “Charedi Basic”?
Covid-19 has brought many to speak of a "return to basics." Even in Charedi society,...
From Tragedy to Jubilation: A Matter of Relationship
Our mourning on the day of Tisha Be'Av relates to the relationship between us and...
Let Us Search and Examine Our Ways
Our ability to criticize ourselves does not attest to weakness but to internal strength. We...
Re-Reading “Peter and the Wolf”: On Liberty and the Problem of Evil
A liberty ideal that endorses the wholesale release of human urges can unleash an unbridled...
Shavuot and the Multicultural Threat
The violence that has flared up between Arabs and Jews in Israel is symptomatic of...
