The U.S. Can Still Act in Syria Before It’s Too Late
The alternative is more bloodshed and ceding power to America’s enemies.
March 14, 2018
The Medieval Rabbis Who Thought They Could Understand God’s Will from Nature—and from Stories of Werewolves
The Ḥasidey Ashkenaz and God’s wonders.
The Ḥasidey Ashkenaz were a relatively small group of 12th-century German Jews who cultivated distinctive mystical and ascetic practices and teachings; their theological and halakhic works had a lasting impact on European Jewish thought and observance. In A Remembrance of His Wonders, David Shyovitz examines these works’ attitudes toward nature and the natural world, and toward such legendary monsters as werewolves. Dana Fishkin writes in her review:
March 14, 2018
How American Publishers Shun Scholarship That Contradicts the Palestinian Narrative
Was there a massacre at Deir Yassin?
The Records of a Secret Facebook Group Show How Deeply Mired Jeremy Corbyn Is in Anti-Semitism
The leader of the UK’s Labor party was a member of a group run by Holocaust deniers.
The Medieval Rabbis Who Thought They Could Understand God’s Will from Nature—and from Stories of Werewolves
The Ḥasidey Ashkenaz and God’s wonders.
The Case against Punishing Celebrities Who Boycott Israel
Lorde won’t play in Tel Aviv. Will she be able to play in Florida?