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January 14, 2015

How Studying the Bible Can Unite a Fractious People

Benny Lau, a Jerusalem-based rabbi, has created a new website aimed at making the Hebrew Bible accessible to Israelis of all political and religious persuasions, hoping to bring them together in discussion of the sacred text. To judge by the traffic—a half-million visitors in the first two weeks—it may be working. Yair Rosenberg writes:

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January 14, 2015

  1. Europe is Still in Denial about the Threat from Radical Islam

  2. Was “Hebrew” the First Anti-Semitic Slur?

  3. Israel’s Ultra-Orthodox Technological Entrepreneurs

  4. The Maps That Lie about Israel’s History

  5. How Studying the Bible Can Unite a Fractious People