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January 9, 2019

Reading the Hebrew Bible as the Founding Document of Nationalism

With an exegesis of the Tanakh’s final verses.

In the first lecture of his online course on the meaning of Jewish nationalism, which moves from the end of the Hebrew Bible, to God’s message to Abraham in Genesis, to a critique of John Locke, Yoram Hazony argues for the centrality of the nation in scriptural political theory.

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January 9, 2019

  1. It’s Israel’s Critics, Not Its Supporters, Who Harbor Racist Attitudes toward Palestinians

    A tale of two sentences.

  2. Rashida Tlaib’s Anti-Semitic Defense of Boycotts of Israel

    Will her fellow Democrats condemn it?

  3. The Giant Corporations That Nurtured Israel’s Success as a “Start-Up Nation” May Now Be Undermining It

    The number of start-ups founded each year is falling, while the number that close is rising.

  4. Reading the Hebrew Bible as the Founding Document of Nationalism

    With an exegesis of the Tanakh’s final verses.

  5. A Yiddish Poem about a Werewolf Provides a Haunting Meditation on Jewish Suffering

    H. Leyvik's masterpiece.