Donald Trump’s Iran Dilemma
Navigating between Putin and the mullahs.
February 21, 2017
Judaism doesn’t need this “genius.”
In The Genius of Judaism, the acclaimed French intellectual Bernard-Henri Lévy praises the Jewish tradition and inveighs against anti-Semitism. But, writes Meir Y. Soloveichik in his review, the book’s “overly dramatic tone” masks both an ignorance of Judaism and contempt for one of its defining principles—which Lévy blames for provoking Gentiles’ hostility:
Navigating between Putin and the mullahs.
Haley’s comet.
Judaism doesn’t need this “genius.”
No, your bathtub isn’t more dangerous than Hizballah.
Does Islam need a Haskalah?
In The Genius of Judaism, the acclaimed French intellectual Bernard-Henri Lévy praises the Jewish tradition and inveighs against anti-Semitism. But, writes Meir Y. Soloveichik in his review, the book’s “overly dramatic tone” masks both an ignorance of Judaism and contempt for one of its defining principles—which Lévy blames for provoking Gentiles’ hostility:
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