Meir Soloveichik is a rabbi, theologian, and director of the Zahava and Moshael Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought at Yeshiva University, as well as rabbi of Congregation Shearith Israel in New York City. He contributed essays to The Weekly Standard exploring the intersections of Jewish thought, history, politics, and interfaith dialogue. His pieces ranged from reflections on Israeli leadership to explorations of moments where Jewish and American history converge.
As America prepares to mark the 150th anniversary of Lincoln’s death on April 15, fresh insight into the events that occurred a century and a half ago can be gleaned by seeing that entire week through the eyes of America’s Jews, and especially of those Jews who attended America’s oldest and most…
After Pope Benedict XVI’s surprising announcement that he would resign from the papacy, leading adherents of diverse faiths immediately began to evaluate his legacy. Catholic theologians have emphasized the enduring import of the thought of the man who spent most of his life as the theologian…
In 2007, Mitt Romney, facing a surging Huckabee campaign in an Iowa caucus that was supposed to launch him to the nomination, delivered a speech about the role of faith in public life. As eloquent as the speech, entitled “Faith in America,” may have been, it did little to bolster his Iowa campaign.…