[From a reprint from ejewishphilanthropy. This essay is from “Philanthropic Priorities in Light of Pew,” reprinted with permission from Contact, a publication of The Steinhardt Foundation
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Who killed Religious Zionism? How did it happen that the moderate, centrist, responsible Mizrachi of the 1950s and 1960s, the Mizrachi of Zerach Warhaftig and
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(This is the second part of a two-part article. Part One appeared in the 711/13 issue of JLBC.) Da’as Torah! The very words themselves are
(This article originally appeared as “On Chanukah, We Met the Enemy, and they Was Us,” 21st December, 2001. * See “Hanukkah Reconsidered” by Louis H.
“Gevalt! The goyim are after us! It’s the Second Holocaust! Jews are not safe in Hungary—or anywhere in Europe! My mother’s favorite story: Two Jews
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