Shmuel Rosner and Uri Zvi Shachar discuss his latest book: A Pious Belligerence
Dialogical Warfare and the Rhetoric of Righteousness in the Crusading Near East (available to preorder).
Uri Zvi Shachar is Associate Professor in the Department of General History at Ben-Gurion University.
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Since Hamas’ October 7 terrorist attack, many Jewish faculty at colleges and universities across the country have been describing their professional lives in language more commonly associated with trauma than academic disagreement.
Remaining politically homeless is not a defeat; it is a commitment to a truth that refuses to be simplified.
If we want to produce Jews who carry Torah in their bones, we need institutions willing to demand that commitment, and not institutions that blame technology for their own unwillingness to insist on rigor.
Herzl recognized nationalism as a powerful but neutral tool, capable of bringing out the best in us – or the beast in us.
I live in a nation of laws but the laws seem to change with the flick of a tweet.
Cindy Crawford, Wolf Blitzer and Chelsea Handler are among the celebrities who were photographed with survivors.
Honoring oneself, creating sacred boundaries, and cultivating self-worth allows a human being to better engage with the world.
How Meir Fenigstein Brings Israeli Stories to the American Screen
Jason Zengerle, a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine, and staff writer at the New Yorker wrote a new book about Carlson, “Hated By All The Right People: Tucker Carlson and The Unraveling of The Conservative Mind.”
Taste Buds with Deb – Episode 142
Love is precious and this Persian Love Cake is the perfect way to show a little love to your friends and family.
How Meir Fenigstein Brings Israeli Stories to the American Screen
The elections of 2026 will not be “right vs. center-left.” They will be “right vs. right.”
Why is it that despite the enormous resources and money we spend fighting antisemitism, it just keeps getting worse?
If we want a different future, we must be willing to examine what already exists, what has failed, and what is quietly working.
The story of Cain and Abel constitutes a critical and fundamental lesson – we are all children of the covenant with the opportunity to serve each other and to serve God. We are, indeed, each other’s keeper.
