The Coming Confrontation between Israel and Iran
Left unchecked, Iran will be able to place nuclear missiles in Syria.
October 9, 2017
Writing Fiction about Religion in a Post-Religious Age
Literature from the secular mudflats.
One way for a novelist to portray religion, writes Francis Spufford, is to set a story in a small community where faith is an important part of life and to focus on representing religion “as a human, social activity.” Drawing on English literature, Spufford cites as examples the work of Anthony Trollope in the 19th century and Barbara Pym in the 20th, two authors who portray social life largely or partially centered around a church. But today’s version of the “village-life novel” is unable to address religion in this sort of way:
October 9, 2017
While Anti-Semitism Flourishes under His Watch, Jeremy Corbyn Refuses to Acknowledge Its Existence
“Those who say they are against Zionism but not against Jews are speaking in riddles.”
The Crisis in Jewish Education, Praying with Laura Bush, and Reading Ezekiel with George W.
An Orthodox Jew’s life in the public arena.
The Talmudic Case of the “Wayward and Rebellious Son”
A passage that encapsulates the ethos of rabbinic Judaism.
Writing Fiction about Religion in a Post-Religious Age
Literature from the secular mudflats.