There are few things that provoke more passion than the explosive confluence of religion and politics. It has generated and stoked today’s thorniest issues—from international terrorism to same-sex marriage. Over the millennia, Jewish people have been repeatedly burned whenever the forces of religion and politics converged. Yet today, in an era of almost unprecedented anti-Semitic […]

If a poll were taken amongst religious Israelis about the theological significance of the proposed Gaza withdrawal, many would give an unambiguous answer. Ceding Israeli territory to any foreign power, especially to sworn enemies, constitutes a sin for which God will punish us. Yet in a recent treatise, Rabbi Amnon Bazak of Yeshivat Har Etzion […]