The Collapse of the Israeli Labor Party Is Bad for Israel’s Democracy
An unelected establishment threatens the popular will.
January 4, 2019
Some of Israel’s Finest Art Now Comes from the Orthodox Community
What Gershom Scholem got wrong.
In 1967, the historian Gershom Scholem wrote in Commentary that modern Hebrew literature saturated with references to the classical Jewish texts—of which he believed the great exemplar to be S.Y Agnon—would soon become a thing of the past; the new generation of Israeli writers were unfamiliar with the rabbinic canon, and for them “the Bible is no longer a holy book but a national saga.” Meir Soloveichik believes history has proved Scholem wrong:
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Russia’s Anti-Western, Pro-Assad Propaganda for the Arab World
With RT and Sputnik, the Kremlin spreads its message in Arabic.
Widespread Unrest Poses a Real Danger to the Iranian Regime
Washington can and should aid the protesters.
Some of Israel’s Finest Art Now Comes from the Orthodox Community
What Gershom Scholem got wrong.
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