Forty Years of Change
In this wide-ranging symposium, we asked writers and thinkers to reflect on the religious, cultural and communal shifts they’ve witnessed in over the last four decades.
The Editor’s View
Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan briefly served as editor of Jewish Life, the precursor to Jewish Action, in 1974. During his tenure, he wrote the following editor’s note, which was published amid the Watergate scandal and the Arab oil embargo.
Reflections on the Life and Legacy of Joe Lieberman—On the Occasion of His First Yahrtzeit
In a political landscape often defined by ambition, self-promotion and partisanship, Senator Joe Lieberman, whose first yahrtzeit was Adar 17, stood apart.
Joe Lieberman: A Role Model for American Orthodox Jews
While the legislative legacy left behind is long and impressive, we can argue that it was Joe Lieberman’s dugma ishit—stature as a role model—that did more for American Orthodox Jews than anything else.