Posts Tagged: Joseph Soloveitchik
New York Times’ David Brooks Offers Up a False Trichotomy
One of David Brooks’s favorite column writing tricks is the false dichotomy — presenting two choices as mutually exclusive when in fact there is overlap...
Parenting in Judaism: Learning from Abraham
The call to Abraham, with which (the Bible portion of) Lech Lecha begins, seems to come from nowhere: "Leave your land, your birthplace, and your father's...
Are We Free? Passover’s Message of Personal, Political, and Public Liberation
The dream of every politician is to run for office without becoming a politician. The word has too many negative connotations: unbridled ambition, a willingness...
