A Push to Curb Drug Abuse Among Orthodox Youths
By Naomi Schaefer Riley
Posted: Saturday, April 2, 2005
Last weekend, many Jews celebrated Purim, which commemorates their salvation from the hands of a wicked king's minister, Haman, in ancient Persia, by getting drunk. In fact, it is considered a mitzvah to drink immoderately on the holiday, one of the happiest in the Jewish calendar. So why was the Orthodox Union, the umbrella group for Orthodox synagogues in North America, sponsoring advertisements in Jewish publications that said, "Friends don't let friends drink irresponsibly on Purim"?  [Read More]

The Resurrection of Anti-Semitism
Posted: Monday, May 10, 2004
Gabriel Schoenfeld discusses his book, The Return of Anti-Semitism.  [Read More]

The Return of Anti-Semitism
Posted: Monday, March 15, 2004
Transcript of our conversation with Gabriel Schoenfeld, author of The Return of Anti-Semitism.  [Read More]

Why Genesis? Why Now?
A Conversation with Leon R. Kass
Posted: Thursday, February 19, 2004
In June 2003, bioethicist and scholar Leon Kass discussed his new book, The Beginning of Wisdom: Reading Genesis (Free Press, 2003). After Dr. Kass’s remarks, three respondents offered assessments of the book: Catholic author and theologian George Weigel, evangelical Protestant scholar Alan Jacobs, and Jewish scholar and editor Leon Wieseltier. Center president Hillel Fradkin moderated the lively discussion that followed.  [Read More]

Irreconcilable Difference
By Elliot Abrams
Posted: Monday, December 6, 1999
The delusion has taken hold in some quarters recently that deep conversations between Jewish and evangelical Christian leaders will solve the key problem that divides these two communities: evangelical efforts to convert Jews. My advice to those pursuing this dialogue: stay home.   [Read More]