A conversation with Caroline Mehl

What my father’s 1970 novel tells us about today

New centers of inquiry are the first step to restoring campus ideals

Campus protests are fueled by a spiritual crisis

Jews have long taken the view that a strictly separationist reading of the First Amendment is better for Jewish thriving. But the time has come to change course

The beginning of wisdom is neither the sum nor the end of it

It is time for Jews to gather together once again. And Jews who gather do so in prayer

Why ‘Do you believe in God?’ is the wrong question

The message of our history is fight, not flight

Teaching students what, how, and why to believe is both necessary and impossible. Judaism demonstrates that we are up for the task