A Secure Israel Strengthens Britain’s Interests in the Middle East
Boris Johnson has a choice to make.
May 14, 2020
When a Medieval Jewish Philosopher Wrote a Treatise for a Muslim Governor
Ibn Kammuna’s Abrahamic philosophical piety.
Most likely born in Baghdad, the Jewish philosopher Sa’d ibn Mansur Ibn Kammuna died in 1284; his writings, all of which were in Arabic, influenced both Jewish and Muslim thinkers of the era. His thought draws upon Sufism, the Islamic philosophers Ibn Sina and al-Ghazali, and the great Sephardi philosophers Judah Halevi and Moses Maimonides, among many other sources. Describing one of Ibn Kammuna’s books, recently translated into English by Tzvi Langermann, Alan Brill writes:
May 14, 2020
Stones Can Be Deadly Weapons, and Should Be Treated as Such
Responding to the murder of Amit Yigal.
Supporters of BDS Shouldn’t Be University Administrators, Unless They Pledge to Put Their Prejudices Aside
Could one trust such a person to negotiate an exchange program with Hebrew University?
When a Medieval Jewish Philosopher Wrote a Treatise for a Muslim Governor
Ibn Kammuna’s Abrahamic philosophical piety.
To the Hebrew Poet Nathan Alterman, a Jew at a U.S. Political Convention Is Akin to an Old Man at a Nursery School
I like Ike, but does Ike like me?