J. The Jewish News of Northern California

A Jewish way to mark the 250th: A close reading of America’s ‘sacred’ texts

With democracy under pressure in the U.S. and Israel, the Pardes Institute and Faith250 ask Americans to read the founding ...
The Atlantic

Whose Independence?

When Thomas Jefferson was chosen to draft the Declaration of Independence, he had an exceedingly difficult task ahead of him. The 33-year-old planter, who had left law practice just before Britain’s ...
Reason

What the Declaration of Independence Said and Meant

[This year, my annual post celebrating the Fourth of July is drawn from a chapter of Our Republican Constitution: Securing the Liberty and Sovereignty of We the People, and from a short essay on the ...

'Talmud of America' project brings Jewish readings to US 'sacred' texts

Classic Jewish texts have something fresh and relevant to say about everything - including the Declaration of Independence," ...