As Assad Drives Rebels from Southwestern Syria, What Are Israel’s Obligations to Recipients of Its Aid There?
Moral and strategic imperatives.
June 28, 2018
Did God Remove Himself from the World?
A new translation of a classic work grants access to a great theological debate.
Rabbi Ḥayyim of Volozhin (1749-1821) was among the most prominent disciples of the famed talmudist known as the Vilna Gaon, and founded a yeshiva in his hometown that became the model for all later such institutions. Three years after his death, his mystical-theological treatise, Nefesh ha-Ḥayyim (“The Soul of Life”), appeared in print; it aims to present an alternative exegesis of a core kabbalistic concept to that of the Ḥasidim, although it mentions neither them nor their works by name. Avinoam Fraenkel has now produced an annotated English translation of Nefesh ha-Ḥayyim, along with a companion volume analyzing it. Calling the two books “a work of both real piety and ingenious scholarship,” Yitzhak Melamed writes:
June 28, 2018
Is Donald Trump’s Approach to Israeli–Palestinian Peacemaking Just What’s Needed?
And will a new generation of Palestinians put material self-interest before anti-Zionist dogma?
Foreign-Sponsored Non-Governmental Organizations Can Undermine Democracy, Transparency, and Sovereignty
In defense of Israel’s NGO law.
Why Jews Should Support Texas Bishops in Their Battle against Invasive Subpoenas
Jews know what those who mean harm can do with sensitive information.
Did God Remove Himself from the World?
A new translation of a classic work grants access to a great theological debate.