Hizballah Prepares for War, and UN Peacekeepers Do Nothing
A test their new commander will likely fail.
December 10, 2018
At the Heart of the Hanukkah Story is Jewish Chosenness
Hebraism vs. which Hellenism?
In Culture and Anarchy, the great Victorian thinker Matthew Arnold made much of the tension between “Hebraism,” based on law and morality, and “Hellenism,” based on freedom and creativity. Yet, although the historical backdrop to the holiday of Hanukkah does indeed rest largely on the struggle to preserve Judaism against Hellenization, the Hasmoneans didn’t actually reject the entirety of the Hellenic tradition. Mark Gottlieb writes:
December 10, 2018
Blaming Your Own Misfortunes on the Jews? That’s Anti-Semitism
Of course violent attacks on ḥasidic Jews are anti-Semitic.
Celebrating Hanukkah, and Christmas, at a Druze Department Store Near Nazareth
Modeling intercommunal harmony near the birthplace of Jesus.
Rand Paul’s Confused Effort to Interfere with Congressional Support for Israel
A “grandstanding obstructionist.”
At the Heart of the Hanukkah Story is Jewish Chosenness
Hebraism vs. which Hellenism?