Jeremy Rosen
ARTICLES BY: Jeremy Rosen
Should We Call Jews the ‘Chosen People’?
I dislike the expression “The Chosen People." It is not that I have any problem with the idea that different peoples may have different missions...
Uncritical Race Theory
Let me say at the outset that Critical Race Theory is a dangerous, completely unsubstantiated pseudo-theory of race that has now become dogma in academia....
Why Are UK Rabbis Trying to Stop Women From Divorcing?
We often witness the insensitivity and negativity of rabbis who seem unaware of the damage they can do when they claim to be upholding Jewish...
Why Loyalty and Integrity Are Central to Jewish Life
The Book of Numbers draws to a close with themes of tribes, journeys, and possessions — with the fight for survival, cities of refuge, and...
Why Religious Parties Being Left Out of the New Government Could Really Help Israel
The personal attacks on Naftali Bennett coming from the Haredi parties in Israel -- because he has been instrumental in excluding them from power and...
Hate Signaling: How the Media Spreads Anti-Zionism and Antisemitism
I have a love-hate relationship with the New York Review of Books. I love the range of articles and reviews on literature and culture. But...
Shavuot, Torah, and Humanity
The rabbis of the first century decided to make Shavuot the anniversary of the Mount Sinai revelation. They added this cerebral, constitutional dimension (nowhere mentioned...
Recognizing the Armenian Genocide
April 24th is the date of the annual memorial that Armenians observe to recall the horrific massacres carried out by the Turkish government in 1915....
Celebrating Lag B’Omer for Jews Today
Author's note: Of course, I had no idea when I wrote this column a week ago that we would be witnessing this tragedy. This could...
What’s Wrong With Us?
Israel’s 73rd Independence Day was an annual reminder of as close to a miracle as it gets. If for no other reason than it actually...
What Is an Omer?
The Biblical Omer refers to the sheaf of barley that was brought to the Temple, the day after Pesach, to mark the beginning of the...
Big and Little Lies
The culture we live in nowadays is one of lies. The truth is that it has always been thus, even if at certain stages, the...
Looking at Israel’s Flaws — and Virtues
One of the darkest episodes in the history of Israel is the ghastly story of the missing children of poor immigrants from Arab lands, airlifted...
What Kind of Freedom Do We Celebrate on Passover?
The New York Review of Books recently devoted a lot of space to a review of “The Sword and the Shield: The Revolutionary Lives of...
