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Shmuel Klatzkin

Shmuel Klatzkin

Shmuel Klatzkin is a rabbi who previously served as senior editor at the Rohr Jewish Learning Institute. He received his Ph.D. from Brandeis University in Near Eastern and Judaic Studies and writes and teaches extensively.
by | Jun 7, 2025

How, asked Douglas Murray, does the West support the Hamas cult of death? Why do its universities and activists find…

by | May 31, 2025

This week, in continuing to muse over Douglas Murray’s newest book, On Democracies and Death Cults, I turn to something…

by | May 24, 2025

I let thoughts percolate and events develop before writing each week. This week, there were so many ideas coming forward…

by | May 17, 2025

Sell the sizzle, not the steak. That was the mantra coined by the American master salesman Elmer Wheeler in the…

by | May 10, 2025

In a world of angels, peace is natural. As a very old Jewish prayer asks, “May He who makes peace…

by | May 3, 2025

The argument for the power of the judicial branch to rule acts of the legislature invalid under the Constitution is…

by | Apr 26, 2025

In 1993, Wendell Berry wrote an essay, “A Bad Big Idea,” sharply opposing the “free trade” proposal of the day,…

by | Apr 19, 2025

A Story of Bogus Virtue When I was in my early twenties, I met a rabbi who worked as a…

by | Apr 12, 2025

The issue of globalization was the great central issue of the last election. The MAGA coalition stands forcefully against the…

by | Apr 5, 2025

There’s a story in the Talmud of a rabbi whose son comes to him one morning and says, “Father, I…

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