After 70 Years, God May Have Solved Israel’s Theological Dilemma
Ben-Gurion, Thomas Jefferson, and declarations of independence.
April 19, 2018
After 70 Years, God May Have Solved Israel’s Theological Dilemma
Ben-Gurion, Thomas Jefferson, and declarations of independence.
Ready to declare independence, the soon-to-be government of Israel found itself at an impasse: the religious Zionist leader Rabbi Yehudah Leib Maimon refused to sign a declaration that did not mention God, while the leader of the more extreme socialists refused to sign a declaration that did. David Ben-Gurion solved the problem by introducing into the text the ambiguous phrase “the Rock of Israel.” Meir Soloveichik comments on this controversy, and its American equivalent:
April 19, 2018
Iran’s Blinding Hatred of Israel Lies at the Heart of Its Grand Strategy
To the benefit of neither Iranians nor Palestinians.
The Two Competing Theologies of American Foreign Policy
And what they mean for Israel.
The Growing Danger of Islamic Fanaticism in India
And the Saudi, and Iranian, role.
Thousands of Israelis Come Together to Celebrate Yom Ha-Atsma’ut with Song