The Need for Clarity in the War against Islamist Totalitarianism
The enemy is neither terror, nor violent extremism, nor Islam.
February 15, 2017
Edward Gibbon’s “Jewish Problem”: Can a Great Historian’s Anti-Semitism Be Exonerated?
Naïve Readings.
In his recent Naïve Readings, Ralph Lerner offers essays on eight masters of rhetoric, ranging from Francis Bacon to Abraham Lincoln, and including the medieval Jewish philosophers Judah Halevi and Moses Maimonides. Among them is an analysis of the treatment of the Jews in the work of the 18th-century British historian Edward Gibbon. Steven Lenzner writes in his review:
February 15, 2017
What Do Israelis Want for the West Bank?
A short history.
A Piecemeal Approach toward Opposing the Muslim Brotherhood
Designate the terrorist branches and crack down on Hamas.
Edward Gibbon’s “Jewish Problem”: Can a Great Historian’s Anti-Semitism Be Exonerated?
Naïve Readings.
In Syracuse, an Ancient Jewish Community Is Revived
Sicilian Jews come out of hiding.