April 12, 2025

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Mitchell First

Articles by Mitchell First

‘Shefoch Chamatecha’

After Birkat Hamazon, and before “Lo Lanu,” the widespread custom today is to recite a selection of verses beginning with “Shefoch Chamatecha.” The present Ashkenazic

Jimmy Carter and Israel

In 2020, I wrote a column summarizing some of the material in Stuart Eizenstat’s 2018 book: “President Carter: The White House Years.” I thought it

Two New Books About Rambam

I am here going to summarize a review essay in Tradition, volume 57, winter 2025. The essay is by Marc Herman, an assistant professor at