Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Thursday 27 August 2015


 
        
August 27, 2015
 
       
 
 
NEWS
Larry Cohler-Esses    
Larry Cohler-Esses journeyed to Qom expecting to find mosques and universities steeped in Sharia law. He found a small but vibrant Jewish studies department that is almost unknown outside of the Islamic Republic.
 


OPINION
Jane Eisner    
The new Pew report on the Orthodox is (another) wake up call for American Jews. Jane Eisner asks if we can build a tolerant and vibrant community when the fastest-growing group of Jews is so demonstrably different from everyone else.
 


CULTURE
A.J. Goldmann    
It is no accident that ‘Tristan und Isolde’ was Exhibit A for breaking Israel’s ban on Richard Wagner’s music. A.J. Goldmann writes it’s hard not to like the opera that opened this year’s Bayreuth Festival.
 

 


SISTERHOOD
Elana Stzokman    
A debate among Orthodox men on the removal of women’s images from public spaces and media leads Elana Stokzman to offer a subversive suggestion. Add a woman’s voice to the discussion.