How the Iran Deal Has Exacerbated the Crisis in Syria
We haven't intervened because we want to placate Iran.
September 10, 2015
Arguing about Maimonides in 14th-Century France
On the relationship between philosophy and Judaism.
In the early 14th century, an ongoing controversy over the work of Moses Maimonides—or more generally over the relationship between philosophy and Judaism—flared up in the southern French region of Languedoc. Unlike previous episodes in which anti-Maimonideans challenged the acceptability of any study of Gentile philosophy, this one, which took place mainly among his admirers, concerned the line dividing acceptable philosophical interpretations of the Bible from outright heresy. Defending the Maimonidean position was the great scholar Menaḥem ha-Meiri. Gregg Stern writes:
September 10, 2015
It Takes a Village to Raise a Terrorist
Are “lone wolf” terror attacks really isolated incidents?
Megiddo: The Cradle of Biblical Archaeology
The ancient city's name is the source of the word Armageddon.
Arguing about Maimonides in 14th-Century France
On the relationship between philosophy and Judaism.
European Countries Should Stop and Think Before Throwing Open Their Borders to Middle Eastern Migrants
Laudable instincts for compassion must be combined with caution.