Mohammed bin Salman Has Much to Say, but Not about Jerusalem
A sign of change in Saudi Arabia.
December 20, 2017
The Sabbatical Year as an Answer to Modern Woes
A break from the boom-and-bust cycle in the era of career transitions.
Described in multiple parts of the Pentateuch, the sabbatical year, or shmitah, is the culmination of a seven-year tithing cycle. As Aharon Ariel Lavi points out, its laws affect agriculture (by requiring that the land lie fallow), national religious life (by requiring the king to read from the Torah before the assembled people), and economics (by requiring forgiveness of outstanding loans). Lavi argues that shmitah can have implications for Israeli society today, even in an era when most citizens are not farmers, and could help solve some of the problems created by the modern boom-and-bust economic cycle as well as the current situation of frequent career changes. (Video, 14 minutes.)
December 20, 2017
To Contain Iran, an American Presence in Iraq and Syria Is a Necessity
As well as to prevent an Islamic State comeback.
Should Jews Return to Iraq?
“It’s over and done with.”
The Sabbatical Year as an Answer to Modern Woes
A break from the boom-and-bust cycle in the era of career transitions.
Celebrating Hanukkah in Greece
A prayer book was edited so that the wicked Greeks became wicked Syrians.