Chinese Diplomacy Hands a Victory to Iran, but Does Little to Advance Peace
Tehran continues its offensive against Israel and the United States.
June 14, 2023
For Berl Katznelson, Judaism, Zionism, and Socialism Were Parts of a Whole
“We will turn our Shabbats and our holidays into cultural bonfires.”
As a founding editor of the leftwing Hebrew newspaper Davar and a co-founder of the Histadrut workers’ union, Berl Katznelson (1887–1944) was one of the most influential figures in the history of Labor Zionism. Alex Harris explores Katznelson’s attitudes toward the Jewish tradition, which were very different from those of such fellow Zionist socialists as the theoretician Ber Borochov or the novelist Y.H. Brenner. The great Hebrew writer S.Y. Agnon described him thus:
June 14, 2023
Who Won the Last Israel-Gaza War?
The answer lies in the West Bank.
Can the State Support the Establishment of a Religious Charter School?
Oklahoma challenges its own laws.
For Berl Katznelson, Judaism, Zionism, and Socialism Were Parts of a Whole
“We will turn our Shabbats and our holidays into cultural bonfires.”
Blasphemy Then and Now
Once condemned for mocking religion, Monty Python's Life of Brian is now condemned for mocking today's gender madness.