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Author Archives: Luke Ford
Decoding The Shalom Hartman Institute
Per Alliance Theory: The Shalom Hartman Institute is an advanced factory for producing a pro-Israel alliance among the highly educated and left-leaning. While it presents itself as a center for “pluralism” and “Jewish thought,” its primary function is to provide … Continue reading
Decoding Micah Goodman
Israeli pop-philosopher Micah Goodman operates as a savvy high-capacity narrative stabilizer whose influence is measurable through significant book sales and sustained presence in elite media. His book, Catch-67: The Left, the Right, and the Legacy of the Six-Day War, sold … Continue reading
NYT: In Hasidic Enclaves, Failing Private Schools Flush With Public Money
The New York Times reported Sep. 11, 2022: The Hasidic Jewish community has long operated one of New York’s largest private schools on its own terms, resisting any outside scrutiny of how its students are faring. But in 2019, the … Continue reading
Influencers Investigate Haredi Jews For Welfare Abuse
Inspired by Nick Shirley‘s investigation of Somali fraud in Minnesota, we now have MAGA influencers investigating Orthodox Jewish welfare fraud. Matt Forney posts: I’m starting to have a problem with influencers harassing Orthodox Jews for clout. Orthodox Jews are such … Continue reading
LA’s Rival Rabbinic Courts (Batei Din)
Per Alliance Theory: Rabbinical Council of California: Serves as an established Orthodox beis din offering Jewish court services including conversions, gittin (divorce), marriage, arbitration, halachic documents and wills. It includes dayanim recognized for orthodox halachic rulings in the LA community. … Continue reading
Decoding The Theology Of Orthodox Judaism
The transition from a tribal, land-based alliance to a creedal, text-based one is the story of Judaism’s move from concrete survival to epistemic sovereignty. When a group’s primary threat is no longer physical displacement but conceptual dissolution, the alliance must … Continue reading
Decoding The Rogatchover
Per Alliance Theory: Joseph Rosen, known as the Rogatchover Gaon, was not merely an intellectual outlier; he was a strategic solution to the problem of fragmented rabbinic authority during a period of massive ideological and geographic displacement. His role was … Continue reading
Decoding Rabbi Joel Teitelbaum
Per Alliance Theory: Rabbi Joel Teitelbaum did not just lead a community; he constructed a social fortress. Using Alliance Theory and Niche Construction provides a clear lens to see how he turned a shattered population into a global demographic power. … Continue reading
Decoding Kiryas Joel
Per Alliance Theory: Kiryas Joel is a masterpiece of alliance engineering. It functions as a closed-loop system where the state provides the resources and the alliance provides the meaning. To further this analysis, one must look at how the community … Continue reading
Decoding Historian David N. Myers
Per Alliance Theory: David N. Myers is a stabilizer within the academic and communal landscape. He is an authorized pluralist who uses history to lower the emotional temperature of identity and manages the tension between state power and diaspora ethics. … Continue reading