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Matthew Schultz

In his new book, Douglas Murray chronicles the rise in Jew-hatred from enemies who worship death, and explores how the Jewish value of choosing life can save civilization.
Some of the new converts are donning hijabs. Others are not. Some are running to their local mosques. Others are doing this all online.
Israel has long presented itself as the guarantor of Jewish security. But can we really say that this is true in the wake of Oct. 7?
The rhetoric of the past month has primed countless Americans to accept bin Laden’s worldview, which is that “the creation of Israel is a crime which must be erased.”
If there is no country in the world that is safe for Jews, the decision of where to live will need to be made on other terms.
We are encouraged to applaud those who flee their Jewishness, and rarely do we get to see those who cherish it, grapple with it and live it deeply.
He was hardly the lost middle child of the book of Genesis.
If we want to create a new liturgy that stands a chance of becoming a lasting, vital contribution to Jewish spiritual life, we will not achieve this by going through the siddur with a red pen.
When we start Zionism’s clock with Abraham, we risk overgeneralizing the term.