The Lessons of the Palestinian Model City
Rejecting the “theology of victimization.”
June 17, 2016
A Tale of Wealth, Corruption, and Small-Town Jewish Mores
A member of the Rothschild family finds himself in a small shtetl for the Sabbath.
In a short story by the great Hebrew author S.Y. Agnon, an unspecified member of the Rothschild family—proverbially wealthy Jewish bankers—finds himself in a small shtetl for the Sabbath. Here Rothschild (as he is called throughout) encounters “the Patron,” the head of the local Jewish community of whose own riches the townspeople are in awe. The following passage describes the Patron’s grand entrance into the synagogue during Friday-night prayers:
June 17, 2016
Elie Kedourie’s Radical Dissent from Orientalist Orthodoxies
An Iraqi Jew and leading scholar of the Middle East.
Iran Prepares for a New Civil War in Iraq
Extremists thrive on turmoil.
A Tale of Wealth, Corruption, and Small-Town Jewish Mores
A member of the Rothschild family finds himself in a small shtetl for the Sabbath.
Religion May Be Part of Human Nature, But Why?
Fear of retribution vs. craving transcendence.