The Case against Destroying Islamic State
Let bad guys fight bad guys.
August 5, 2016
A Masterful , and Unsettling, Spy Novel
Daniel Silva’s The Black Widow.
In The Black Widow, Daniel Silva brings back the hero of several previous thrillers—the Israeli superspy-cum-art restorer Gabriel Allon, who vanquishes enemies and wins women with equal ease—to do battle against Islamic State, which, at the novel’s beginning, bombs a French conference on anti-Semitism. While Adam Kirsch deems the book satisfyingly thrilling, with plot twists, excitement, and suspense, he finds unsettling its perceptiveness about present-day reality:
August 5, 2016
Jewish Day Schools, School Choice, and the Dilemmas of Religious Education
Can the government encourage private religious education without compromising religious freedom?
What Pope Francis Doesn’t Understand about Islamic Terrorism
Sometimes, religions do want war.
Thanks to Israel, the Era of Desalination Is Here
Using lava stone.
A Masterful , and Unsettling, Spy Novel
Daniel Silva’s The Black Widow.