The Coronavirus Has Exposed the Weaknesses of Israeli Ultra-Orthodoxy, but the Only Solution Can Come from Within
Recovering a sense of civic virtue from within the Jewish tradition.
February 3, 2021
And the forgotten battle that cost Moshe Dayan his eye.
Several times over the course of World War II, the Wehrmacht came dangerously close to overrunning the borders of Mandatory Palestine. In a new book, Gershon Gorenberg tells the story of Britain’s clandestine efforts to keep Hitler’s forces out of the Middle East. Amy Spiro writes:
Recovering a sense of civic virtue from within the Jewish tradition.
The other blockade.
And the forgotten battle that cost Moshe Dayan his eye.
With some help from Maimonides, Aristotle, Dr. Johnson, and Chekhov.
Several times over the course of World War II, the Wehrmacht came dangerously close to overrunning the borders of Mandatory Palestine. In a new book, Gershon Gorenberg tells the story of Britain’s clandestine efforts to keep Hitler’s forces out of the Middle East. Amy Spiro writes:
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