Sudan’s Long Road to Peace with Israel
There were many overtures of friendship before last week’s historic announcement.
October 26, 2020
The Bible’s Defense of Cities
The Tower of Babel, Jerusalem, and the (Jewish) city of God.
In the book of Genesis, it is the fratricidal Cain who founds the first city, and Sodom and the other “cities of the plain” are dens of sin; by contrast, heroic figures—as is true in other biblical books—tend to be shepherds. Leon Kass has gone so far as to argue that, in the Torah, “the city is rooted in fear, greed, pride, violence, and the desire for domination.” For Kass and others, the best prooftext can be found in a passage read in synagogues last Saturday, where the inhabitants of Babel say, “Let us build a city and tower with its head in the heavens.” Looking to the counterexample of Jerusalem, Yehuda Goldberg attempts a different reading of Scripture’s attitude toward urban life:
October 26, 2020
The Dangers of a Hasty Retreat from Afghanistan
The U.S. should learn from its mistakes in Iraq.
Andrew Cuomo again Provokes Antipathy toward New York’s Jews
His claims about a giant ḥasidic wedding don’t withstand scrutiny.
The Bible’s Defense of Cities
The Tower of Babel, Jerusalem, and the (Jewish) city of God.
How Varian Fry Saved Hundreds of Jews from Hitler
To the consternation of the American authorities.
