Iran’s Quest for Nuclear Weapons Continues Apace
Testing missiles made for carrying nuclear warheads.
January 8, 2019
The Surprising Tale of the Stabbing of Spinoza
If it happened, it was over money, not theology.
In his influential Historical and Critical Dictionary, the 17th-century French philosopher Pierre Bayle wrote that an unnamed Jew stabbed Benedict Spinoza—and that this apparent attempt on his life precipitated his break with the Amsterdam Jewish community. The story is given some credibility in an early biography of the Jewish apostate thinker, published in 1705, even if some of the details differ in the two accounts. But, unlike previous biographers of Spinoza, Steven Nadler believes that, if the stabbing happened at all, it was provoked not by the philosopher’s heretical beliefs but by the anger of a debtor from whom Spinoza had attempted to collect:
January 8, 2019
Belgium Bans Kosher Slaughter
So much for Europe’s commitment to human rights.
Why American Jews Should Take a Stand against Anti-Catholic Bigotry in the Senate
The Knights of Columbus shouldn’t be treated like Islamic State.
Remembering Moshe Arens: Statesman, Engineer, Historian, and Father of the Israeli Aeronautics Industry
He also mentored Benjamin Netanyahu.
The Surprising Tale of the Stabbing of Spinoza
If it happened, it was over money, not theology.