Islamic State, and Russia, Arrive at Israel’s Borders
The threat from IS isn’t going away, and a Russian police force won’t help maintain calm.
August 6, 2018
Sex, Desire, and the Transgender Movement
A form of radical expressive individualism at odds with the Judeo-Christian tradition.
Revisiting his recent essay on the subject, Sohrab Ahmari discusses the new ideology that has sprung up around transsexualism and the concomitant rethinking of the very meaning of gender. In conversation with Jonathan Silver, Ahmari sees this ideology as the culmination of our society’s “radical expressive individualism” and at odds with fundamental claims about sex differences, human sexuality, and the body common to both Judaism and Christianity. (Audio, 32 minutes. Options for download and streaming are available at the link below.)
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Thanks to Intensified Sanctions and Domestic Protests, Iran’s Regime Is Weak. The U.S. Should Seize the Opportunity
Help push the mullahs out the door.
Sex, Desire, and the Transgender Movement
A form of radical expressive individualism at odds with the Judeo-Christian tradition.
Open Hillel’s Latest Initiative Shows Its Indifference toward Anti-Semitism
Why is a left-wing Jewish group trying to get other Jewish organizations kicked off campus?
Archaeologists Uncover the Bimah of Vilna’s Great Synagogue
A piece of 18th-century baroque architecture.