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European Anti-Americanism and Anti-Semitism: Similarities and Differences

European Anti-Americanism and Anti-Semitism: Similarities and Differences

January 1, 2004 | Andrei S. Markovits
Anti-Semitism in Europe goes back a thousand years. Anti-Americanism emerged more than 200 years ago among European elites. Current European prejudices are enhanced by the Europeans' perception of how America and Israel use power.
The Ultra-Orthodox Community and Environmental Issues

The Ultra-Orthodox Community and Environmental Issues

October 1, 1999 | Prof. Avraham Wyler, Dr. Manfred Gerstenfeld
Classical Jewish texts refer to a substantial number of the dispersed issues which in recent decades have been consolidated within the framework of the environmental discipline. If one were now to group all "environmental halakhot" in existence at the beginning of the nineteenth century -- before Jewish emancipation fragmented observance -- they would add up to a sizable codex.
American Modernity and the Jews

American Modernity and the Jews

April 20, 1996
What is the place of religion in the American polity? Which view of this matter is good for America, and which for the Jews? This essay first elaborates the now-dominant libertarian vision of religion in the American republic, a view prevalent among Jews and endorsed by the Jewish polity, by means of a discussion and critique of Leo Vfeffer's God, Caesar and the Constitution: The Court as Referee of Church-State Confrontation. It is argued that the Constitution is improperly understood as a blueprint for a secular "open society/' founded on the principle of radical individual autonomy, to be protected against both church and state by a supreme, rights-defending judiciary.
The Federation Movement in Three Contexts: American Jewry, the Jewish Political Tradition, and Modernity

The Federation Movement in Three Contexts: American Jewry, the Jewish Political Tradition, and Modernity

October 20, 1995
Communal Democracy, Modernity, and the Jewish Political Tradition

Communal Democracy, Modernity, and the Jewish Political Tradition

April 27, 1993
Is There a Practical Way to Bridge the Gap Between Traditional Jewish and Modern Expectations of Rights and Obligations?

Is There a Practical Way to Bridge the Gap Between Traditional Jewish and Modern Expectations of Rights and Obligations?

October 2, 1991