About the Author


Rabbi Meir Soloveichik

Rabbi Dr Meir Soloveichik is one of America’s most influential religious leaders. He uniquely straddles the worlds of academia, journalism, and clergy. He is the senior rabbi of Congregation Shearith Israel in Manhattan, the oldest Jewish community in the United States, founded in 1654. Rabbi Soloveichik lectures and writes on topics relating to faith in America, the Hebraic roots of the American founding, Jewish theology, bioethics, wartime ethics, and Jewish-Christian relations. He writes a monthly column in Commentary, and his essays have appeared in the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times.


 

The Story of the Jews, #4: Masada's Fall and Rise

Mighty Rome is no more; the Jewish people lives.

 

The Story of the Jews #3: The Menorah in Rome

The Arch of Titus and Israel’s triumph over a the Roman Empire.

 

The Story of the Jews Ep. 2: The Miracle that Saved Monotheism

How did the colossal Assyrian empire end up on the ash heap of history?

 

The Story of the Jews, Ep. 1: The First Obituary for Israel

The Merneptah Stele and the miracle of the Jews.

 

The Amazing Tie Between Ancient Israel and America's Founding Fathers

The Hebrew Bible lies at the center of the American imagination.

Rabbi Akiva's Optimism

How the Jewish People managed to persevere throughout the arduous centuries of exile.

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