A PLO Leader Enjoys the Lifesaving Medical Treatment He Would Deny His Fellow Palestinians
Saeb Erekat at Hadassah.
October 22, 2020
Spinoza, the Great Jewish Heretic, Can Only Be Properly Understood in His Jewish Context
“A dialogue with Maimonides.”
More than most other scholars of the 17th-century Sephardi philosopher Benedict Spinoza, Steven Nadler has paid attention to his subject’s Jewish upbringing, and the influence of rabbinic thought on his work. Nadler argues, for instance, that Part V of Spinoza’s magnum opus, the Ethics, can only be understood with reference to its “Jewish philosophical context,” as a “kind of dialogue with Maimonides.” In an interview with Nigel Warburton, Nadler explains more about Spinoza’s background:
October 22, 2020
Israel Stands to Gain Little from Talks with Lebanon
They only give credence to a Hizballah-controlled government.
Can Israel Make Peace with Qatar?
A problematic partner—that exports anti-Western and anti-Semitic propaganda—already cooperates with both Jerusalem and Washington.
The Man Who Led the Revolt at the Sobibor Death Camp, and the Fraught Politics of Remembering Him
Alexander Pechersky.
Spinoza, the Great Jewish Heretic, Can Only Be Properly Understood in His Jewish Context
“A dialogue with Maimonides.”