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Things Worth Remembering: How to Ask Timeless Questions
When I first read I.B. Singer’s ‘Gimpel the Fool,’ I felt a door swing open—into faith, doubt, and a kind of storytelling I didn’t know was possible.
Joseph Epstein
Tucker Carlson Is Wrong About Christian Zionism
From Puritan settlers to modern evangelicals, American Christians have long believed in a Jewish state—and their influence has shaped religion and…
Samuel Goldman
Why Antisemitism Is ‘Moral Pornography’
Like pornography, antisemitism circulates on the web and delivers illicit thrills to degraded users. Christians must lead the fight against it.
Mary Eberstadt
Two Drinks with. . . the Creator of ‘Nobody Wants This’
‘I’m really just trying to be a stay-at-home mom, but nobody will let me do it,’ said Erin Foster—a few days before her smash-hit rom-com returned to…
Suzy Weiss
Jews and Christians at ‘the End of Time’
To understand our own era, go back 2,000 years.
Matti Friedman
‘Zabar’s Is a Monument to the Fact That Not Everything Disappears’
Jerry Seinfeld, David Mamet, Richard Kind, Colin Quinn, and Leah McSweeney pay tribute to the store that Saul Zabar built.
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I’m Leaving the UK
I no longer wanted to live in a country where being Jewish means living behind security fences and hiding who we are.
Ben Freeman
Things Worth Remembering: To Be Worthy of Standing Before God
On Yom Kippur, we ask how to live a meaningful life. A poem by Robert Frost offers a striking answer.
Meir Soloveichik
I’m an Orthodox Jew Because of Charlie Kirk
A campus encounter with Charlie Kirk sparked a journey that reshaped my faith, deepened my Jewish identity, and changed the course of my life.
Adam Sharf
Ancient Wisdom: Why I Dug Into My Family’s Past
I love Southern history. But I never researched the history of my Louisiana relatives until I was in close range to my 65th birthday. What was keeping…
Nicholas Lemann
Can You Marry Across the Religious Divide?
Josh Hammer and Coleman dive into the ethics of interfaith marriage, Christian-Jewish alliances, and why Israel is central to Western survival.
Coleman Hughes
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The Jews Who Saw Around History’s Darkest Corner
It is important to speak plainly about those who foresaw what was coming in Europe. Those who warned and acted and who saved what could be saved. Those…
Haviv Rettig Gur
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