Leon Wieseltier

Israel at 64: Love is Complex

Rabbi Joshua Levine Grater | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Leon Wieseltier, Israel, Yom Ha'atzmaut, Love, Peace, Israeli Independence, Zionism, Liberal Zionism, Religion News
Rabbi Joshua Levine Grater

We have had 64 years of building a homeland for the Jewish people, an heroic task that has at times succeeded beyond our wildest dreams, and of which we are immensely proud, and at times let us down in deep and painful ways. That is what it means to be in a loving relationship.

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Influence and Conviction: Christopher Hitchens, 1949-2011

Sohrab Ahmari | Posted 02.15.2012

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Sohrab Ahmari

News of Christopher Hitchens' death -- he would have detested "passing" -- reached me early Friday morning. After a few hours of despair, I felt impelled to record my sense of loss in writing.

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A Seder For Broken Jews

David Suissa | Posted 06.19.2011

Read More: Leon Wieseltier, Jewish Identity, Passover Seder, American Jews, Passover Haggadah, Judaism, Pesach 2011, Haggadah for Broken Jews, Passover 2011, Buddhist Jews, Freedom Seder, Religion News
David Suissa

A big fashion of recent times has been to rewrite or repackage the Passover haggadah to fit our individual tastes. The Master Story of the Jews, then, becomes the Master Story of Me.

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Andrew Sullivan is Not an Anti-Semite

Ben Cohen | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ben Cohen

Sullivan's former friend and editor Leon Wieseltier wrote a hit piece on Sullivan on TNR that basically accused Sullivan of anti-Semitism. He is totally off-base in his criticism.

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Who's Responsible? We Might Never Know

Harry Moroz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Elizabeth Warren, Alexander Hamilton, President Obama, New York Times Magazine, The New Republic, Leon Wieseltier, Noah Feldman, President Bush, Federalist Papers, Tarp, Responsibility, Politics News
Harry Moroz

The mistakes or missteps of President Bush lie not merely in his administration's lack of transparency, but in its disregard for the establishment of goals.

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