Sublime

Anti-Semitism was protean, constantly mutating into new forms and providing an object for new fears. It could not be defeated by rational argument because it had no rational basis.

halakha lies on a continuum between language and law.

“The Orthodox Jewish community is third world in theology and philosophy. Having a political state of Israel now, I’m convinced the great religious challenge is going to be the pluralist issue. Each culture can no longer present itself as self-evident.”

Could it be that today’s society has made Jewish identity superfluous?

The old Israel is replaced by the new. There is no longer a covenant with Abraham’s children. The new covenant is made with whoever heeds its call.

First,

the coming extinction of the Jews.