The International Criminal Court’s Recent Moves against Israel Expose Its Bias
An instrument not of justice, but of lawfare.
May 6, 2020
Moses Maimonides, Democratic Zionist
The Jewish state has fulfilled many of his aspirations for the messianic era.
The great Hebrew essayist Ahad Ha’am, who understood probably better than any other early Zionist thinker the tensions between the movement’s aspirations and the Jewish tradition, wrote that the medieval theologian Moses Maimonides “did not recognize any value to the principle of nationhood.” Examining Maimonides’ speculations about the messianic era in his legal magnum opus, known as the Mishneh Torah, James A. Diamond concludes that Ahad Ha’am was “flatly wrong.”
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The Real Constitutional Problems with Israel’s New Government
Unintended consequences.
Bill de Blasio’s Tweets Raise Serious Concerns about Religious Freedom
The constitutional problem of closing houses of worship due to COVID-19.
Moses Maimonides, Democratic Zionist
The Jewish state has fulfilled many of his aspirations for the messianic era.
A Saudi Television Show Highlights Changing Attitudes towards Jews and Israel
Um Haroun.