Asking a rabbi about abortion
When the Roe news broke, my thoughts — myopically — turned not to the millions of Americans who were rejoicing,…
The age of American unexceptionalism
Our administration would have us believe that Joe Biden is the leader of the free world. But he isn’t —…
Does Vance have a chance?
Six short years ago, J.D. Vance penned a piece in the Atlantic comparing Donald Trump to opioids. “Trump’s promises are…
Downloading God in the App Store
Education at my Jewish private school was chock-full of religious instruction. Precisely half of our lessons were dedicated to Jewish…
Feminism has failed us
I’ve lost count of how many seminars I’ve had to sit through on Diversity & Inclusion, how many times I’ve…
AOC: ignorant or anti-Semitic?
When my grandmother Masha was liberated by the British Army from the Nazi concentration camp at Bergen-Belsen, she was 19…
Reports of the GOP’s death are greatly exaggerated
David Brooks, the center-right Cassandra of the New York Times, reckons that a GOP apocalypse is coming. The data predicted…
Would the Democrats rather win in 2020, or eat themselves alive?
Do Democrats want to win the 2020 election? Do they understand why they lost in 2016? I’m increasingly unsure. It…
