An Important Lesson on Iran from North Korea
The failure of strategic patience.
April 4, 2017
Does the Torah Mandate Charity for Those Who Don’t Wish to Work?
It’s not a clear-cut issue.
During testimony before a Congressional hearing on the federal food-stamp program, a representative of a Jewish “social-justice” organization asserted, citing Leviticus, that “the Jewish tradition” mandates the distribution of charity without regard for whether the recipients are able to earn money themselves. While Mark Tooley has responded to this claim from a Christian perspective, Gil Student explains that the Jewish view is in fact far more nuanced than the witness at the hearing suggested:
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Pro-Israel Organizations, Not the Knesset, Should Lead the Fight against BDS
The wrong way to combat anti-Israel NGOs.
America Shouldn’t Be Negotiating with Palestinian Terrorists
Jibril Rajoub is anything but reformed.
Does the Torah Mandate Charity for Those Who Don’t Wish to Work?
It’s not a clear-cut issue.
A New Novel Features Jewish Kings, Isaac Newton, and Mediterranean Romance—But Few Serious Ideas
Septimania.