In the West Bank, the EU Creates Its Own Facts on the Ground
And demands compensation when Israel tries to enforce the law.
October 24, 2017
Is Halakhah a System of Laws, or More Like a Language?
How rabbis lead from behind.
In an investigation of how traditional Jewish law operates, Moshe Koppel compares it with two competing models: that of a legal system, where general rules, written by legislators, are applied to specific instances and then enforced by police and courts, and that of a language, where native speakers learn rules through imitation and can change organically without a formal amendment process. He argues it is meant to be more like that latter:
October 24, 2017
Even the European Left Rejects BDS
A win for Israel activists.
Is Halakhah a System of Laws, or More Like a Language?
How rabbis lead from behind.
The Many Lives of an Early Work of Jewish Mysticism
The Book of Creation.
Thousands of Documents Rescued from the Nazis Resurface in a Church Basement
The Nazi center for Jewish research and the paper brigade.