Jeremy Rosen
ARTICLES BY: Jeremy Rosen
Corruption at FIFA
You know someone is unsavory if Vladimir Putin defends him. Thank goodness Sepp Blatter, the recently reelected president of FIFA, has finally resigned. Or so...
Zimbabwe & ISIS
In 1966 I was sitting in yeshiva in Jerusalem studying hard, and all but oblivious to the outside world, when I was summoned to see...
Prophets and Conspiracies
Shavuot is the festival that commemorates not just the encounter between Moses and God on Mount Sinai, but also the "revelation" of Torah. There are...
What We Really Leave Behind When We Die
The name "Ronson" was once associated with shavers and nowadays, thanks to social media, is associated primarily with vapid "personalities" who achieve little more than...
Racism in Israel and Beyond
The riot of Ethiopian Jews in Israel who were protesting against racism is a sad reflection on Israeli society. It must not be exaggerated, but...
Alienation Inside and Outside of Israel
Every year when Israel's Independence Day comes round, I always experience delight, pride, and sadness. Delight and pride because after two thousand years of exile, of...
Iran Will Get the Bomb, and it Won’t Be the End of the World
I was never an admirer of the Shah of Iran. I was never a fan of monarchies nor of autocracies in general, any more than...
How Sweet It Is
In 2012 a television series called Magic City appeared on Starz Network and ran for two seasons. It depicted the glamor and sleaze of Miami...
Examining the Mezuzah
According to the Biblical narrative, when the Children of Israel were still in Egypt they were commanded to prepare in various ways for the Exodus...
Making the Seder a Personal Experience
Every time we sit down to a meal, according to the Talmud, it is an act of religious celebration. The ancient Temple sacrifices were not...
The Cost of Religion
I love Pesach with all its laws and customs and even the preparation of cleaning out rooms, purging the kitchen, unpacking the special crockery, and...
Israeli Elections – Then and Now
The first Israeli election I experienced was in the summer of 1961. I was in Yeshivah in Jerusalem, and heard both Ben Gurion and Begin...
Marc Shapiro and Confronting the Ultra-Orthodox
If I say that Marc Shapiro is one of the most important and influential committed religious Jews alive today, you might think me guilty of...
Esther is the Poster Woman for Women’s Rights
In my student days, when I used to campaign for women's rights, I thought that the Purim story was about the suffering of women. That...
