What Jewish tradition gets right about the purpose of the university

Israel’s national anthem sounds like an elegy. That’s no accident

On faith in literature

The message of our history is fight, not flight

The tradition of Jewish nonbelief is as rich, powerful, and distinctive as that of faith

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

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

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

The philosopher Bertrand Russell was famous for his paradoxes, but he left the greatest one to the rest of us

Jewish history saw the transition from the Covenant of Fate to the Covenant of Destiny, and back again