Sublime

The newly dead Jews, on the other hand, were members of the unharassed majority, despite being the country’s top hate-crime target according to the FBI. They were also rich, despite experiencing the same poverty rates as the rest of New York and New Jersey. On top of that, they wore unfashionable hats. So it kind of made sense that people wanted to

As George Washington vowed in his 1790 letter to a Rhode Island synagogue, America shall be a place where “every one shall sit in safety under his own vine and fig tree, and there shall be none to make him afraid.” Those words aren’t his. They’re from the Hebrew prophet Micah, on the shelves of every synagogue in the world.

In fact, the only petitioners Fermaglich cites whose filings actually mention antisemitism are non-Jews seeking to change their Jewish-sounding names, so as not to be mistaken for Jews.

Abraham heard God's call and left Ur, never questioning why he should leave the sophisticated city. His eyes saw Ur as God saw Ur. Abraham was not blinded by the riches that international trade had brought to it. He was not satisfied with the bounty that the Sumerian’s mastery of irrigation had placed on his table. He could see Ur as something that

of both “Sharon the Murderer” and “Begin the Murderer.”

because of his religious faith Abraham is deprived of the ability to care for Isaac, in the sense of being responsive to what happens to him.