Keeping Jerusalem Safe and Undivided
Carving up the city would constitute a disastrous retreat from basic Zionist verities and Jewish imperatives.
January 29, 2016
The Tenth Commandment as the Key to Social Harmony
What’s so bad about coveting your neighbor’s donkey?
“Thou shalt not covet,” the last of the Ten Commandments—read in synagogues around the world this Sabbath—is something of an outlier, writes Jonathan Sacks. Prohibiting envy, not an activity but a natural human emotion, it seems less grave than “Thou shalt not murder” or “Thou shalt have no other gods before Me.” Sacks, however, considers it in light of the overall biblical narrative and of Jewish history, and argues for its paramount importance:
January 29, 2016
The UN Secretary-General’s Outrageous Defense of Palestinian Terror
And his misdiagnosis of its cause.
Italy’s Misplaced Deference to the Iranian President
Covering nude statues and taking wine off the menu.
Uncompromising Truth about Meir Kahane by the Woman Who Knew Him Best
Selfless, brilliant, charismatic, and repugnant.
The Tenth Commandment as the Key to Social Harmony
What’s so bad about coveting your neighbor’s donkey?