It Will Take More Than Tough Talk to Roll Back Iran’s March to Dominance
Stopping the mullahs involves taking risks.
December 14, 2017
Lessons in Friendship and Tolerance from Moses Mendelssohn
Our secular culture tells believers that they are too sensible to remain people of faith.
Born to an unremarkable Jewish family in Germany, Moses Mendelssohn (1729-1786) acquired both Jewish and general educations and became an active participant in Berlin’s Enlightenment circles, while remaining a strictly observant Jew. He was also a major early proponent of the Haskalah, or Jewish Enlightenment. Throughout his career, he maintained a close friendship with the Gentile philosopher and playwright Gotthold Ephraim Lessing. Yuval Levin, noting the tremendous impact of this friendship on both thinkers, explains the connection between friendship and tolerance in Mendelssohn’s work:
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The Message behind American Recognition of Israeli Sovereignty over Jerusalem
Israel is here to stay.
It’s Time for Jews to Give Up on “Social Justice”
For today’s progressives, Jewish particularism is acceptable only when it involves vehement critiques of Israel.
Lessons in Friendship and Tolerance from Moses Mendelssohn
Our secular culture tells believers that they are too sensible to remain people of faith.
A Mother and Daughter Discover a Maccabean-Era Oil Lamp
With help from a porcupine.