An Irrational Attack on Israel’s Free Press
When does failing to ban a publication make you less free?
April 28, 2016
Why Does the Bible Have No Word for “Ritual”?
It sees rituals as more than symbolic.
Although the Hebrew Bible is very much concerned with rituals, the word itself (along with ceremony and rite), rarely occur in the standard English translations. Moreover, there is no word in biblical Hebrew that is the precise equivalent of any of these terms. Peter Leithart speculates about the reason:
April 28, 2016
Another Anti-Semitism Scandal in Britain’s Labor Party
The case of Naz Shah.
Why Does the Bible Have No Word for “Ritual”?
It sees rituals as more than symbolic.
The Mysterious Dutch Visas That Allowed Some Lithuanian Jews to Escape Hitler
With the help of the Japanese consul.
How the Heinz Company Pioneered America’s Best-Known Kosher Symbol
And told customers not to buy its products on Passover.