Arnold M. Eisen

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May 2, 2024, 3:37 PM

A morally pure Judaism without actual Jews

Illustrative: Pro-Palestinian protesters, including students and faculty of universities across Philadelphia, hold a Passover seder at the protest encampment at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on April 28, 2024. (Matthew Hatcher / AFP)

What do we make of a Passover seder that depicts Zionism as idol worship and ignores the suffering of Israelis?

Sep 8, 2023, 3:26 PM

All of us together: The call and the warning

Dr. Arnold Eisen

If we continue down this road, Jews living hundreds of years from now will shake their heads at the tragedy of a promise abandoned

Jan 21, 2021, 4:27 PM

American Yizkor

President-elect Joe Biden and his wife Jill Biden are joined by Vice President-elect Kamala Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff to participate in a COVID-19 memorial event at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

The memorial for coronavirus victims, a step toward healing, recalled the Yom Kippur service when we remember those we have lost

Dec 18, 2020, 1:54 PM

Joseph and his brothers in the voting booth

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America is divided over status, a conflict in which the forces of envy, resentment and vengeance are dangerously in play

Nov 12, 2020, 8:07 PM

After the election, laughter

Lisa Alcindor, left, and Angelique McKenna, watch and react to a victory speech by President-elect Joe Biden while celebrating at Black Lives Matter Plaza, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

News of Joe Biden's election victory brought a sudden, exhilarating sense that possibility had been restored to America.

Sep 24, 2020, 12:55 AM

Turning the page to 5781… alone

'Atonement has always been a collective act for Jews' (iStock)

‘Social distance’ is the exact opposite of what we need as we ask forgiveness from God and one another

Dec 5, 2017, 1:39 PM

Partition in the Land of Israel, then and now

Two members of Women of the Wall (photo credit: Debra Kamin)

We need to draw clear political borders with the Palestinians and blur the boundaries dividing Israeli society

May 1, 2017, 10:59 PM

Giving thanks for Israel

How the Jewish state has changed what it means to live in the world — with gratitude

Feb 17, 2017, 6:48 AM

Israel in the winter sun and cloud

He loves the Jewish state and cannot believe that political crisis will destroy all its physical and spiritual achievement

Sep 7, 2016, 2:51 PM

Jewish pride on campus is under siege — Here’s what college kids can do to fight back

College students: Hold your heads high and fight BDS accusations that are pernicious, but unequivocally false

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About Me

Arnold Eisen, one of the world’s foremost experts on American Judaism, is Chancellor Emeritus of the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York.