Leaked Emails Point to an Iranian Influence Operation That Reaches into the U.S. Government
And appears to have recruited a Pentagon official.
September 27, 2023
How Adam and Eve Ended Up Eating an Apple
Figs, grapes, and unconvincing explanations.
The Talmud lists three contradictory opinions about the identity of the unnamed fruit eaten by Adam and Eve in Garden of Eden: that it was a fig, a grape, or a kernel of wheat; Moses Naḥmanides, meanwhile, contends that it was a citron. But in the West, for centuries, it has been understood to be an apple. In Temptation Transformed, Azzan Yadin-Israel seeks to determine how this came to be so, debunking some widely held explanations in the process. Philip Getz writes in his review:
September 27, 2023
Hamas Organized Violent Protests against Israel to Get Money from Qatar
To terrorist leaders, Palestinian lives don’t matter—but money does.
While Fighting a Desperate War against the Romans, a Jewish Leader Worried about Celebrating Sukkot
The palm frond and the sword.
The Great Clashes between Science and Religion Have Often Been about Something Else
Magisteria.
How Adam and Eve Ended Up Eating an Apple
Figs, grapes, and unconvincing explanations.