The Arab World’s Waning Sympathy for the Palestinians
It will have an effect on Western opinion, too.
August 29, 2016
Modern Jewish Thought Responds to Christian Critique
From Hermann Cohen to Joseph B. Soloveitchik.
In the 19th and early 20th century, German Protestant theologians and scholars of religion tended to elevate the New Testament at the expense of the Hebrew Bible, to deny or downplay the Jewishness of the historical Jesus, and to denigrate Judaism as primitive, materialistic, and unethical. In Judaism and the West: From Hermann Cohen to Joseph Soloveitchik, Robert Erlewine examines how major Jewish thinkers of the 20th century, including Martin Buber, Franz Rosenzweig, and Abraham Joshua Heschel, defended Judaism against its detractors. He summarizes his interpretations in an interview with Alan Brill:
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Turkey’s Sham Intervention in Syria
It wants to crush the Kurds, not Islamic State.
The Far Left Chases out Jews Who Won’t Renounce Israel
Opposing Israel for what it is, not what it does.
Modern Jewish Thought Responds to Christian Critique
From Hermann Cohen to Joseph B. Soloveitchik.
Scotland and the Bar Kokhba Revolt
A mysterious fort and a hidden connection.