This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward’s free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. President-elect Donald Trump’s recent expression of support for instituting prayer in schools across the country is clearly alarming. Floating the very idea constitutes a blatant threat to the separation of church and state, which […]
Robert Alter
Robert Alter is an emeritus professor of Hebrew and Comparative Literature at UC Berkeley. He is the author of numerous books, including "The Hebrew Bible: A Translation with Commentary," and the National Jewish Book Award-winning "The Art of Bible Translation."
