Is Hamas Winning the Propaganda War in Gaza?
Kites bearing bombs and swastikas provoke no Western outrage.
April 30, 2018
The Torah’s Prohibitions of Incest Distinguished the Israelites from Their Neighbors
“After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do.”
The prohibitions of various sexual relationships, enumerated in the book of Leviticus and included in the most recent Sabbath Torah reading, are prefaced by a command not to imitate the ways of the Egyptians or the Canaanites, and are followed by another admonition not to imitate Canaanite practices. The text thereby seems to suggest that such relationships, most of which involve forms of incest, were commonplace among both peoples. While little is known about Canaanite law and marital practices, Eve Levavi Feinstein draws upon Hammurabi’s Code (18th century BCE), a Hittite legal code (ca. 1650–1500 BCE), and Egyptian documents to place the biblical prohibitions in context:
April 30, 2018
Iran’s Brutal War in Yemen Threatens the Entire Middle East
Meanwhile, Tehran is convincing Americans that the Saudis are the bad guys.
How Holocaust Denial Became an Obsession on Both the Extreme Right and the Extreme Left
Robert Faurisson’s anti-Zionism.
The Torah’s Prohibitions of Incest Distinguished the Israelites from Their Neighbors
“After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do.”