The UN’s New Blacklist of Israeli Businesses Threatens Palestinians Most of All
Palestinians overwhelmingly prefer to work for Israeli companies.
February 18, 2020
A Judaism Made Infinitely Malleable Can Provide Neither Community, Nor Comfort, Nor Transcendence
Remix Judaism? No thanks.
In Remix Judaism: Preserving Tradition in a Diverse World, Roberta Rosenthal Kwall writes that non-Orthodox Jews wishing to maintain a connection with Judaism do so by picking, choosing, and reshaping traditions and practices in ways that they find meaningful. And that, to Kwall, is a good thing, even if it may not be ideal. Jonathan Silver remains unconvinced:
February 18, 2020
Why Arab Regimes Don’t Trust Palestinian Leaders
They’ll talk the pro-Palestinian talk, but they don’t walk the walk.
Syrian Refugees Bring Their Own Anti-Semitism to Germany
And Berlin must get serious about confronting it.
A Judaism Made Infinitely Malleable Can Provide Neither Community, Nor Comfort, Nor Transcendence
Remix Judaism? No thanks.
The Case of an Accidental Marriage in Crete That Rocked the 16th-Century Rabbinic World
Kasti Delmedigo and the gold coins.