The Second Lebanon War, as Seen from the White House
Having failed to achieve its military goals, Israel could not achieve its diplomatic goals.
August 15, 2017
Judaism’s Love of Life and Its Views of Death
The body, the soul, and the Jewish culture of fertility.
Using as his point of departure the bioethicist Leon Kass’s 2001 essay “L’Chaim and Its Limits,” Meir Soloveichik explores why Judaism places such a high premium on life itself, the importance of children and fertility, and traditional attitudes toward mortality, the soul, and the afterlife. (Interview by Eric Cohen; audio, 33 minutes.)
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By Ignoring History, Christians—Like Many Others—Get the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Wrong
History should come even before justice.
Judaism’s Love of Life and Its Views of Death
The body, the soul, and the Jewish culture of fertility.
The High Cost that Liberal Secularism Places on the Future
Fairness vs. loyalty.
How the “Alt-Right” Came to Love Syria’s Murderous Dictator
They share a hatred of Jews, among other things.