Why Should the President Pretend that Iran Is Complying with the Nuclear Agreement?
To certify is to lie about one of the gravest matter of U.S. national security.
October 11, 2017
Simon Schama’s New History of the Jews Has Little to Say about Judaism
Eurocentrism and confusion about the holy.
While praising the second volume of Simon Schama’s The Story of the Jews for its “infectious energy and its readability,” and admitting the “impossibility” of covering 408 years of the history of a people scattered across the globe in a mere 800 pages, David Abulafia finds the book’s omissions nonetheless inexcusable. In particular, he writes, the volume—which covers the years from 1492 to 1900—puts far too much emphasis on the Sephardim (descendants of those Jews who fled Spain before and after the expulsion) at the expense of the more numerous Ashkenazim, not to mention those Jews who fall into neither category.
October 11, 2017
The Idea of “Occupation” Has Become a Weapon in the Hands of the Palestinians
And a central tenet of their national identity.
A Distinguished Professor’s Ignorant Take on Adam and Eve
Truth, fiction, and John Milton.
Croatia Is Trying to Erase Its Participation in the Holocaust
More than collaboration.
Simon Schama’s New History of the Jews Has Little to Say about Judaism
Eurocentrism and confusion about the holy.