International Opinion Should Invoke the Fourth Geneva Convention against Iran, Not Israel
Ignoring population transfer where it’s actually occurring.
December 23, 2016
Two Great Mystical Moralists of the 18th Century
One from Italy, one from Russia.
Moses Ḥayim Luzzatto of Padua (1707-1746) and Shneur Zalman of Liadi (1745-1812) were innovative and highly influential Jewish theologians whose thought drew heavily on the teachings of Isaac Luria and other kabbalists. Neither was a stranger to controversy: Luzzatto was eventually hounded out of Italy by his coreligionists for his idiosyncratic messianic beliefs, while Shneur Zalman, as founder of the Chabad-Lubavitch sect, was one of the leading figures of Ḥasidism just as its conflict with the Misnagdm (rabbinic opponents of the movement) was heating up.
December 23, 2016
How Orientalism Explains the Arab World and the Failure of the Peace Process
And how Edward Said’s Orientalism gets in the way.
Despite Old Canards, Zionism Isn’t at Odds with Liberalism
To condemn Israel, the New York Times unleashes the philosophers.
The Jerusalem Papyrus and the Problem of Ancient Hebrew Forgeries
Obscure documents aren’t necessary to prove Jews’ connection to their homeland.
Two Great Mystical Moralists of the 18th Century
One from Italy, one from Russia.