Hamas and Fatah Make Peace, Shattering the Fantasy of Mahmoud Abbas’s Moderation
To Palestinian leaders, anything is better than a peace plan.
July 7, 2020
Did the Sinn Féin Influence an Israeli Chief Rabbi’s Vision of Jewish Politics?
Halakhic thought tends naturally to theocracy.
The advent of modern Zionism and, even more so, the creation of an actual Jewish state, raised questions for rabbinic thought that had for centuries been purely hypothetical, if acknowledged at all. Foremost among those who advocated for the creation of a state based on halakhah was Israel’s first Ashkenazi chief rabbi, Isaac Halevy Herzog. In The Invention of Jewish Theocracy, Alexander Kaye argues for the importance of Herzog’s ideas in shaping religious Zionist thought. Shalom Carmy writes in his review:
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It’s Time for the U.S. to Place Conditions on Aid to Lebanon
Don’t bail out Hizballah.
The Antidefamation League Makes Common Cause with a Notorious Anti-Semite
Unfazed by the blood on Al Sharpton’s hands.
A Popular American Yiddish Novel about a Modern Woman’s Personal “Battle against Free Love”
Not much sex in the city.
Did the Sinn Féin Influence an Israeli Chief Rabbi’s Vision of Jewish Politics?
Halakhic thought tends naturally to theocracy.