Obstructing Peace and Rewarding Terror: Business as Usual at the EU
A standing ovation for slandering Israel.
June 27, 2016
Religion, Power—and Jonathan Sacks
A significant blind spot in a brilliant book.
While praising Jonathan Sacks’s “brilliant” and “eloquent” Not in God’s Name: Confronting Religious Violence, Shlomo Riskin nevertheless faults the author for arguing that “Abrahamic monotheism should be understood . . . as a profound social and theological critique of the politicization of religion.” Such a view, writes Riskin, goes too far, ignoring an important element of the biblical message and threatening to undercut the religious case for Zionism (free registration required):
June 27, 2016
Religion, Power—and Jonathan Sacks
A significant blind spot in a brilliant book.
Does Israel’s Presence in the West Bank and Gaza Cause Terror—or Prevent It?
An unequivocal historical record.
What Cynthia Ozick Rejects, and Why She Rejects It
The principle of havdalah.
The Second Temple and Its Discontents
A point of controversy.