Next Week and the Future of Bipartisan Support for Israel
Thank you. You have a right to exist, too.
February 24, 2020
The Puritan Thinker Who Looked to Esther as a Model of Pious Womanhood, but Missed the Essence of Her Story
Cotton Mather’s Ornaments for the Daughters of Zion.
As one of the most prominent scholars and theologians of the Massachusetts Bay colony, Cotton Mather (1663–1728) was the author of some 469 books. Among them was Ornaments for the Daughters of Zion, or, The Character and Happiness of a Virtuous Woman: in a Discourse Which Directs the Female-Sex how to Express the Fear of God in Every Age and State of Their Life and Obtain Both Temporal and Eternal Blessedness. Stuart Halpern considers Mather’s use of the eponymous heroine of the book of Esther, a book often neglected by Christians:
February 24, 2020
Israel’s Arrangement with Hamas Isn’t Working
The steady trickle of rockets and explosives plays against Israel’s strengths.
The Dangers of Saudi Arabia’s Newfound Friendship with China
Riyadh has defended Beijing’s persecution of Muslims, and doesn’t take seriously American concerns.
The Puritan Thinker Who Looked to Esther as a Model of Pious Womanhood, but Missed the Essence of Her Story
Cotton Mather’s Ornaments for the Daughters of Zion.
How the U.S. Nixed a Philippine Effort to Save Jews from Hitler
The Jews Manuel Quezon rescued—and those he didn’t.