The bar mitzvah needs a makeover, and Jewish men a kick in the pants

Religious practice is not supposed to be convenient

Chosenness and its shadows

The indigeneity of an ancient idea

Without chosenness, there is no Israel

On walking humbly with God

A Catholic perspective on a Jewish question

Rereading Chaim Potok’s novel of midcentury American Jewry

The story of 17th-century England and what it means for us today

Jews were chosen not only by God but by America. Sometimes we can’t tell the difference