1+ day, 12+ hour ago  (642+ words) If we take any lesson from the deadly struggles of the 20th century, it is to take our enemy’s ideologies seriously. Hitler’s opponents read their own motivations into him. But Hitler had been perfectly clear years before he seized power. In…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (819+ words) A Jewish American, the story goes, asked an Israeli how many Palestinian prisoners the IDF had raped. None that he knew of, he said. “You IDF soldiers don’t rape Palestinians because Israelis are too racist and disgusted by them to…...

2+ mon, 2+ day ago  (300+ words) President Trump’s recent call for American Jews to mark a special national Shabbat in honor of the 250th anniversary of American independence has thrust the Seventh Day into the center of political conversation. To understand Shabbat, however, one must first understand…...

2+ mon, 3+ day ago  (753+ words) All stories are not equal. But we all equally live in stories. Who we are we know by the story we tell ourselves. We spin the points of meaning we meet into a yarn, and the yarn we weave into…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (145+ words) This Easter, Catholic dioceses across the country are reporting a strong surge of converts into the Roman Catholic Church. (READ MORE: Easter and the State of Christendom) On this episode of The Spectator P.M. Podcast, hosts Ellie Gardey Holmes and Lyrah…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (377+ words) To the uninitiated, Tenebrae looks like some ancient cultish ritual. The liturgy is the sum total of the two morning offices of the Church, Matins and Lauds, and is only sung during Holy Week. In recent years, it’s been possible…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (298+ words) In this fraught moment, this calendar convergence feels like quite a bit more than mere serendipity. It is a visceral reminder of the shared moral and theological inheritance that undergirds Judaism and Christianity — the common foundation that has molded and…...

6+ mon, 3+ week ago  (984+ words) In a real jail-cell interview with another mental health professional, Gustave Gilbert (not portrayed in the film), Goering made clear his mind about what leaders are able to do: Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to…...

7+ mon, 22+ hour ago  (183+ words) I have always found this recurring humiliating ritual to be worse than embarrassing. It’s offensive. The core message of Chanukah, then, is one of traditionalism and cultural preservation in the face of menacing and assimilationist forces, both within and without....

7+ mon, 3+ day ago  (523+ words) God sent me Dov Fischer. In the end, he didn’t say enough. His writing was cut short at the age of 69. He was so youthful, fresh, and alive. And then gone. It’s taken me months to come to terms with…...