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To better understand the American political left and the rise of the progressives, four interlocking themes are in play:

The rise of the progressive left has been underway for decades. Its ideological roots and organizing principles are linked to an array of academic resources, progressive think tanks, and key ideological and political elites.

As the United States celebrates its 250th anniversary, the relationship between America and its Jewish community can best be understood as reciprocal. Jews reinvented themselves through the American experience, and they, in turn, helped reshape this nation.

As the United States celebrates its 250th anniversary, the relationship between America and its Jewish community can best be understood as reciprocal. Jews reinvented themselves through the American experience, and in turn helped reshape this nation. Elsewhere, I have described this relationship as the “Jewish Contract with America” and have written about the founders’ attraction to the idea of America as a “New Zion.”

How can one measure Jewish success in America? We hold to the assumption that Jewish Americans have been influential and successful, but what are the ways we can evaluate and account for that assessment?

As the United States approaches its 250th anniversary, ethnic communities use such occasions to take stock of how they have contributed to the broader society and in turn, how their host country has embraced and supported them.

Chabad-Lubavitch is one of the most successful religious outreach movements of the modern era. Its effectiveness comes from a combination of organizational structure, theology, branding, hospitality, decentralized entrepreneurship, and an unusually strong missionary ethos.

The great downsize, which has been documented since the 1990’s, reflects the undoing of civic and religious engagement but raises a broader challenge to American democracy itself. Earlier on these pages, we noted the financial challenges facing institutions; here we are examining the declining membership numbers.

As leaders are set to gather in a few days to launch the third iteration of “Recharging Reform Judaism,” what are some of the core trends and models impacting modern liberal religion in America?

The current federal case against the Southern Poverty Law Center is being viewed as historically significant for a few reasons, and this case has significant implications for other advocacy institutions, including key Jewish organizations.

By every measure the United States is experiencing a significant, deliberate return to its 19th-century cultural and political framework, characterized by a shift toward nationalism, protectionism, and a “Second Gilded Age” of economic inequality.