American Jewish history

Bobby Fisher in 1960 Bobby Fischer was perhaps the greatest chess champion of all time. He certainly was the greatest...

Black Friday Shopping Madness In the United States, the day after Thanksgiving is called Black Friday...

I have always been struck by Thomas Jefferson’s phrase “the pursuit of happiness” as it appears in the Declaration of...

Self-hating Jews have plagued the Jewish people since time immemorial. David Mamet wrote a powerful book that addresses the phenomenon...

From the Greeks and Romans to 19th century Reform Jews and today’s pundits, the death of Orthodox Judaism has been...

Many non-Jews such as Mark Twain and Leo Tolstoy have penned keen insights into the Jewish people. Paul Johnson in...

When Rabbi Meir Shapiro began daf yomi in 1923 did he envision it attracting hundreds of thousands of participants and...

One of the strange quirks in history is that Rabbi Israel Salanter and the followers of his Mussar Movement were...

This post concerns Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence, seminal contributor to the Constitution, and third President of...

American Jews today take for granted their right to hold high public office, head major corporations, and be enormously influential...