After Seventeen Years, Is an End to the War on Terror in Sight?
The “awakened giant” shouldn’t go back to sleep just yet.
September 12, 2018
Judaism, Liberal Education, and a Life Spent Searching for the Worthy Life
From Chicago to Jerusalem to Athens.
What does it take to be mensch? What does a liberal education have to offer those immersed in the Jewish tradition? What can the Hebrew Bible and Judaism teach that a robust liberal education can’t? And do Jews have something to learn from Gentiles when it comes to appreciation for sports? In conversation with his one-time student Eric Cohen, Leon Kass addresses these and other questions while telling of his intellectual progression from a Yiddish-speaking socialist home in Chicago to (metaphorically speaking) Athens and from there, both literally and figuratively, to Jerusalem. (Audio, 48 minutes. Options for download and streaming are available at the link below.)
September 12, 2018
The Wages of Passivity in Syria
With Idlib expected to fall, a leading sponsor of terrorism will soon declare victory.
To Jeremy Corbyn, Hating Jews Can’t Be Racist because Jews Are the Source of Racism
David Duke says Corbyn isn’t an anti-Semite, so that must settle the matter.
Judaism, Liberal Education, and a Life Spent Searching for the Worthy Life
From Chicago to Jerusalem to Athens.
A Medieval Prayer Book Contains the Oldest Known Example of Written Yiddish
The Worms mahzor.