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Is Political Idolatry the Root of Israel’s Crisis?
To the casual observer, Israel’s political instability—the endless rounds of elections, the dizzying coalition horse-trading, and the persistent sense that government often acts against the will of its own people—appears as a series of unfortunate accidents or the fault of “bad leaders.” Viewed through the lens of Jewish history and…
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…