What the EU Doesn’t Want Israelis to Know
The NGO law and Israel’s crush on Europe.
July 18, 2016
A Gripping Historical Novel of First-Century Jewry
The not-“Jesus novel.”
The Hungarian Jewish novelist György Spiró’s Captivity tells the tale of a Roman Jew named Uri who travels to Jerusalem as part of an official delegation. To Wesley Hill, the novel lacks literary sophistication but makes up for this deficiency with large doses of historical erudition and excitement—and a deftly executed appearance by Jesus, with whom the protagonist briefly shares a cell in Pontius Pilate’s prison:
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Turkish Democracy May Not Survive the Coup Attempt
The other coup.
Blaming Israel for Police Shootings in the U.S.
“Intersectionality” at work.
Judaism’s Contribution to English Legal Theory
John Selden, Brexit, and the need for national laws.
A Gripping Historical Novel of First-Century Jewry
The not-“Jesus novel.”