When Charles Crodhammer died last year, the American Public Square lost a writer whose clarity

of mind and force of argument had been the cornerstone of American conservative commentary.

I think he was such an exceptional writer and thinker about

political affairs, because his intellectual horizons range so far beyond political affairs. A real

polymath, the great political analyst wrote about physics and philosophy, baseball, and beauty.

And of course, central always among his intellectual and moral preoccupations was the

State of Israel and the Jewish people. Welcome to the Tikva podcast. I'm your host, Jonathan Silver. In the

Jewish tradition, we mark the anniversary of Dr. Krauthammer's death according to the Hebrew calendar

next month. But as this week marks one year since his passing in the

civil calendar, I thought it would be fitting to broadcast my conversation with Charles and Robin's son,

Daniel Crowdhammer. Daniel lovingly edited Charles' final volume of collected essays, entitled

The Point of It All. We discussed Charles' view of the Jewish community in America,

Jewish ideas, Israel, his own cast of mind when it came to religion, and what Charles was like

as a Jewish father. If you enjoy this conversation, you can subscribe to the Tikva podcast on

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Here now is the editor of Charles Crowdhammers, The Point of It All, Daniel Crouthammer.

Daniel Crowdhammer, welcome to the Tikva podcast.

Well, thank you, Jonathan. It's very good to be here with you.

It's interesting when you think about, as I was just rereading these essays, it's interesting.

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