Israel’s New Death-Penalty Law Is a Counterproductive Stunt
It won’t prevent hostage deals.
April 1, 2026
Solving the problem that troubled Plato.
If the Jewish people have mastered one thing, it is the transmission of their heritage from one generation to the next. Perhaps no practice exemplifies this cultural skill as does the Passover seder. Rafi Eis notes that the ritual meal points to a solution to a problem that has troubled moral philosophers since the beginning of philosophy itself:
It won’t prevent hostage deals.
There is no rift.
Solving the problem that troubled Plato.
And of a very personal exodus.
“The bread of faith.”
If the Jewish people have mastered one thing, it is the transmission of their heritage from one generation to the next. Perhaps no practice exemplifies this cultural skill as does the Passover seder. Rafi Eis notes that the ritual meal points to a solution to a problem that has troubled moral philosophers since the beginning of philosophy itself:
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