And they saw the God of Israel: Under His feet there was the likeness of a pavement of sapphire, like the very sky for purity.
—Exodus 24:10
Upcoming events
A Jewish Sovereign Wealth Fund — Yes or No?
American Jewry has long thrived in a society built on institutions. But today, we live in an anti-establishment age, where subtlety fuels suspicion and open displays of power are seemingly valued for their authenticity. In this environment, should America’s Jews think and act like a state, as Jordan Chandler Hirsch argues in his essay “The Need for a Jewish Sovereign Wealth Fund”? Or is this proposed cure an abandonment of the features that have long defined American exceptionalism — and the Jewish experience within it, as Roger Zakheim argues in response?
Join SAPIR Editor-in-Chief Bret Stephens on Monday, December 8 at 12:00 PM ET for a thought-provoking conversation with Jordan Hirsch and director of the Ronald Reagan Institute Roger Zakheim on the future of the American Jewish community in an anti-institutional era.
Poverty and Jewish Community with Ilana Horwitz
Economic vulnerability affects 1 in 4 American Jews, but it doesn’t affect all of them equally. The difference between a life of temporary hardship and one of permanent poverty may, in some circumstances, boil down to whether a person or family is embedded deeply in Jewish life. Why is that the case? What does this finding reveal about the invisible safety net of Jewish belonging? And what are the practical interventions at our disposal to help alleviate the financial plight of our brethren?
Join SAPIR managing editor Phil Getz with Ilana Horwitz on Thursday, December 18 at 11:00 AM ET for an in-depth discussion about poverty and the American Jewish community.