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Featured Israel Judaism War & Peace 12 Min Read

Pesach: Dismantling the Idols of the Modern Age

At Second Avenue and 5th Street there remained a German landmark among the Jews. It was a Lutheran church, a brick building with an old-fashioned porch. One summer morning I saw a curious sight there. A crowd had gathered in front of the church, jeering and booing. There were venerable

Diaspora Israel Opinion 4 Min Read

Modern Democracy’s Illusion of Choice

In stage magic, a “force” is a method of controlling a choice made by a spectator during a trick. Some forces are performed physically using sleight of hand, such as a trick where a spectator appears to select a random card from a deck but is instead handed a known