How Iran Has Been Hiding Its Nuclear Programs
Captured files show the futility of the nuclear deal.
October 31, 2018
Did Ancient Jews See Themselves as a Religion or as a People?
Then as now, both.
In the 19th and 20th centuries, the question of whether a shared faith or a national identity unifies the Jewish people was the major question of Jewish political thought, with some founders of Reform Judaism representing one extreme and secular Zionists the other. Yet most Jews have insisted that the answer lies somewhere in between. David Goodblatt examines how ancient authors—Jew and Gentile—thought of the Jews, noting that many referred to them by using the Greek term ethnos, which implied a group with both shared ancestry and shared customs:
October 31, 2018
There’s No Evidence That Donald Trump Has Caused a Surge in Anti-Semitic Violence
Despite an easily misinterpreted study from the ADL.
European Courts Uphold Blasphemy Laws
An Orwellian definition of religious tolerance.
Anne Frank, the Beloved Victim of the Nazis Who Never Had the Chance to Write about the Holocaust
“People love dead Jews. Living Jews, not so much.”
Did Ancient Jews See Themselves as a Religion or as a People?
Then as now, both.