Jeremy Rosen
ARTICLES BY: Jeremy Rosen
Thomas Piketty – Capital in the Twenty-First Century
Thomas Piketty is a French economist. His book Capital in the Twenty-First Century has taken the left-wing intellectual world by storm. Reviews are everywhere, and if you...
Are ‘Peace’ Conferences a Waste of Time?
I recently had occasion to attend a conference of politicians and theologians in Vienna. It was sponsored by the InterAction Council, an organization of former...
Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook, 1865 to 1935
There is one rabbi who stands out in my mind above all others in the previous century. Rav Abraham Isaac Kook was the first Chief Rabbi...
“ŽKosher Lust: Love is Not the Answer (REVIEW)
Kosher Lust, by Shmuley Boteach (Gefen Publishing House, 2014). You really do want to find something positive to say about Shmuley Boteach. He is a phenomenon;...
Passover, Anti-Semitism, and Rising Above Hate
In 419 BCE, the Persian king Darius issued a decree concerning the Jewish garrison at Elephantine on the Nile Delta (near the cataracts of what...
The Faith of Fallen Jews: Conforming Doesn’t Work
Thanks to Brandeis University Press, I have been thoroughly enjoying a volume of essays by the historian Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi, who died far too early...
Racism and ’12 Years a Slave’
The film that won Best Picture at the Oscars this year, 12 Years a Slave, is a movie about a free black man living in New...
To Serve, Or Not to Serve
My friend Yori Yanover was recently sacked as editor of the online Jewish Press. His crime was a biting condemnation of a demonstration of protestors...
The Role of Masks in Purim
The great "Carnivales" of the Catholic world have always coincided with the period preceding Lent, when the righteous avoid pleasures of the flesh and atone....
Who’s Afraid of Putin?
As I watched the Sochi Winter Olympics, I thought of how Putin's long shadow was cast, malevolently, over the construction, the management, and the security...
Ramaz and Rashid Khalidi
The Ramaz School was wrong to refuse to allow Rashid Khalidi, the Palestinian apologist, to speak to its senior students. The purpose of any good school...
The Power of Shabbat and Tradition
I have always valued the utilitarian aspect of Judaism, even though utilitarianism in itself is hardly justification for living a religious life. Circumcision may indeed...
Bury Me There
On a recent trip to Israel I made a tour of burial grounds. Not the great archaeological sites, although I did spend some magical hours...
What’s Wrong With Women Wearing Teffilin?
One of the most significant daily rituals in Judaism is laying Tefilin, strapping leather boxes containing scrolls with certain Torah verses onto one's arm (against...
