The True Meaning of Israeli Independence
All of civilization should celebrate.
May 12, 2016
Can Christians Acknowledge Jews’ Chosenness without Resentment?
A response to Jonathan Sacks.
In his review of Jonathan Sacks’s Not in God’s Name: Confronting Religious Violence, Phillip Cary pays special attention to the book’s treatment of the various sibling rivalries in Genesis, and of the metaphorical sibling rivalry among Jews (descendants of Jacob), Muslims (who consider themselves descendants of Ishmael), and Christians (who, in rabbinic literature, are seen as descendants of Esau). These biblical rivalries are complicated by God’s choosing of certain sons over their brothers, from Abel to Ephraim. Cary writes:
May 12, 2016
How New York Can Play a Key Role in Stopping BDS
An important piece of legislation.
Remembering Jaffa’s Forgotten Pogrom
An opening shot in the Arab-Israeli conflict.
Can Christians Acknowledge Jews’ Chosenness without Resentment?
A response to Jonathan Sacks.
The Origins of the Lilith Myth
From winged demon to Adam’s ex-wife.