Reconciliation between Qatar and Its Gulf Neighbors Is Possible, but Would It Be Good for Israel?
A mixed bag.
December 17, 2019
A Secular Philosopher Manages to Go Beyond the Platitudes about Religion
Why do we need religion?
While once an ardent critic of religion, the philosopher Stephen Asma came to a more nuanced appreciation of it as a necessary part of human life, even if he did not himself become a believer. “Such a non-conversion to ‘religion,’” Nick Spencer writes, often leads to a “patronizing exercise in religious non-defense.” Asma, however, achieves something more substantive in his book Why We Need Religion, as Spencer writes in his review:
December 17, 2019
The Jewish Dilemma in Europe and Beyond
Rising anti-Semitism and declining Jewish populations.
Israel’s Venture-Capital Success, Like America’s, Can’t Be Exported
Culture and the IDF—not economic policy—have fueled its success.
A Secular Philosopher Manages to Go Beyond the Platitudes about Religion
Why do we need religion?
Making Sense of Mel Brooks and His Very Jewish Antics
“I am a Jew. What about it?”