Iran Plans to Bring the Hizballah Model to Syria and Iraq
A threat to the U.S. and to Israel.
February 5, 2018
Nationalism, Zionism, and the Jews
What Ernest Renan and Theodor Herzl held in common.
In his renowned 1882 lecture “What Is a Nation?” the French historian Ernest Renan argued that the essence of nationhood lies not in geography, race, or language but in a shared sense of past and future. Discussing this essay with Alan Rubenstein, Daniel Polisar suggests that, although Renan was no great friend of the Jews, his argument very much comports with the history of the Jewish nation and also has much in common with the ideas animating Theodor Herzl’s The Jewish State. (Audio, 42 minutes. Options for download and streaming are available at the link below.)
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In Responding to the New Anti-Semitism, Jews Must Refuse to Apologize for Themselves
Holocaust Remembrance Day reflections from Howard Jacobson.
Nationalism, Zionism, and the Jews
What Ernest Renan and Theodor Herzl held in common.
The Latest Palestinian Incitement against the U.S.
Burning Donald Trump and Mike Pence in effigy.
Did an East European Rabbi Resolve One of Moral Philosophy’s Oldest Problems?
Eliyahu Dessler, mussar, Aristotle, and the death of virtue.