The War in Ukraine Offers the Islamic Republic Opportunities in Syria
The ayatollahs are rubbing their hands in glee as their Russian allies make life difficult for their American enemies.
March 15, 2022
Reading John Milton with an Orthodox rabbi.
In his epic poem Paradise Lost, the 17th-century English poet and philosopher John Milton sought to retell the opening chapters of Genesis in the style of Homer and Vergil—needless to say, through a decidedly Calvinist lens. Dov Lerner, an Orthodox rabbi, explains what makes this poem so powerful:
The ayatollahs are rubbing their hands in glee as their Russian allies make life difficult for their American enemies.
While providing cover for leftist anti-Semites.
Opponents of Moscow’s interests are labeled “Nazis”—even if they’re Jews.
And the long history of a local tradition.
Reading John Milton with an Orthodox rabbi.
In his epic poem Paradise Lost, the 17th-century English poet and philosopher John Milton sought to retell the opening chapters of Genesis in the style of Homer and Vergil—needless to say, through a decidedly Calvinist lens. Dov Lerner, an Orthodox rabbi, explains what makes this poem so powerful:
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