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Guns & Moses: The Movie for Our Moment

You know how many movies these days feel like the cinematic equivalent of reheated leftovers from a franchise that really should have stayed in the fridge? Did we truly need the sixtieth superhero sequel, complete with enough CGI to make your eyes glaze over and a plot so convoluted and politically correct it forgot how to entertain?

‘Bad Shabbos’: You’ll Laugh, You’ll Cringe, You’ll Hide the Body

The film, built on a witty and well-paced script by Robbins and co-writer Zack Weiner, invites us to what is well set to be a disastrous Shabbat dinner.

Review of ‘Careful, Beauties Ahead! My Year with the Ultra-Orthodox’

Tuvia Tenenbom spent a year with his wife Isi living, praying, singing, befriending and being befriended in two of the major Haredi communities in Israel, Mea Shearim and Bnei Brak.

A Pop Quiz for Northwestern President Michael Schill

I would like to suggest a few questions for Schill based on the handling of the encampment at Northwestern and the deal he made with the protesters.

‘One Life,’ Due in American Movie Theaters Starting Friday, Tells of the Kindertransport — Just in Time

Telling a joke when everyone in the audience knows the punchline is a challenge. Director James Hawes pulls this trick off in “One Life,” while artfully managing to express quite another urgent punchline.

Advice to High School Seniors: Don’t Apply to Northwestern

It’s college application season and you are considering where to apply. One piece of advice I have for you is don’t apply to Northwestern.

An Ancient Solution to Curb Rising Antisemitism

Physical attacks on Jews in New York City occur at a pace of one attack every 33 hours.

A BDS initiative Jewish institutions and investors must fight

In May 2022, Morningstar, one of the world’s largest investment research firms, publicly released a report responding to years of criticism that it enabled BDS and promised some mild reforms.

Morningstar’s ‘Modified Limited Hangout’

In June of this year, Morningstar issued a report in response to the criticism that its ESG (Environment, Social, and Governance) scores, ratings and commentary supported a boycott of Israel while ignoring dozens of conflict zones in the world.

Why are Jewish and Israel studies programs different from all other studies programs?

Jewish and Israel Studies departments are bad for the study of Jewish civilization and worse, bad for their students.

True Academic Freedom Will Fix Higher Ed's Problems

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A Smear by Any Name: BDS festers in a new investment sphere

During my father’s childhood in Sveksna, Lithuania in the 1930s, there were constant boycotts of Jewish shops.

Don’t steer lenders to one Libor alternative

Tucked deeply into Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s $193 billion budget proposal is a curious provision that has nothing to do with New York’s finances.

PPP left many small businesses behind. Next stimulus cannot do the same.

As legislators debate another coronavirus relief package, they must include three components: one stimulus directed toward small businesses, another for individuals and a third that makes bank regulation part of the solution, rather than part of the problem.

A Chance To Ask Rabbis Tough Questions

Have you ever wondered how your rabbi would respond to what’s the most difficult commandment in the Torah to deal with, or why Jews should attend synagogue or what represents idolatry today?

The Case For Belief In A Skeptical World

On the first page of his new 559-page book, Scott Shay tells the story of a life-changing lunch he shared with a business acquaintance in 2013.

A Leap of ‘Faith’

Scott Shay is a banker, not a rabbi or professor. He’s a founder and chairman of Signature Bank, a New York lender catering to local middle-market businesses and one of the financial success stories of the past decade.

Fix corporate taxes by tying them to American workers

Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, along with the Trump administration, decry the current state of the corporate tax system. Yet, none of the current proposals address the major problems facing Americans today — offshoring, mechanization and the resulting rise in unemployment.

Cashless society: A huge threat to our freedom

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Not by bread (or rice) alone

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