Assimilation: Its Basic Causes
“Are American Jews Disappearing?” is the lead article in a recent issue of the magazine New York. One could readily substitute “French” or “English” Jews...
Category : Judaism
Judicial Aspects of Torah Governance
Israel is commonly regarded as the “only democracy in the Middle East,” and so it is compared to its despotic Arab neighbors. But how does...
An Untried Policy
Countless Jews are appalled by the Sharon government. They cannot understand how this government, notwithstanding American pressure, can vote for a Palestinian state that will...
Policy Papers – Jewish National Agenda
A Jewish National Agenda Professor Paul Eidelberg A. Parliamentary Electoral Reform As indicated in the previous article, statesmanship requires (1) well-educated statesmen, (2) a well-disposed...
The Foundation for Constitutional Democracy » Should Israel Establish A Sanhedrin?
Various people want to reestablish the Sanhedrin. With all due respect to the many fine rabbis in Israel, can we find 71 judges who meet...
The Sanhedrin
Because of the anti-Jewish as well as anti-democratic tendencies of Israel’s Supreme Court, especially under the leadership of Chief Justice Aaron Barak, serious Jews have...
What Is A Jewish State?
Before one can talk intelligently about a Jewish state, we need to define the modern concept of the “state” as well as the term “Jewish.”...
Jewish Roots of American Constitution: The War Against International Terrorism
Introduction Although many of the framers of the American Constitution were not devout, their political mentality was shaped in universities whose curriculum was based very...
Kings, Presidents, and Israel’s Prime Minister
The Hebrew term for king, melech, primarily implies a chief “counselor,” a president whose intellectual and moral qualities warrant his elevation and authority. What follows...
On Rabbis and Self-Restraint
When Jews are murdered by Arab terrorists, as more than 500 have since the 1993 Oslo betrayal of Judaism, it is improper for rabbis, whether...