How Anti-Semites Hijacked Britain’s Labor Party
No longer the Jews’ political home.
September 13, 2016
The Imperfect God of Midrash
How arguing with God became acceptable.
The idea that man can and even should argue with the Creator—found most famously in the biblical passage where Abraham challenges God over His decision to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah—received much attention in 20th-century Jewish thought, especially through the work of Abraham Joshua Heschel and Elie Wiesel. In his recent book, Pious Irreverence, Dov Weiss investigates the development of this idea in ancient and early-medieval rabbinic texts. (Interview by Alan Brill.)
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First and Foremost, Palestinian Incitement and Indoctrination Must Cease
And the West must cease subsidizing it.
Islamism and Revenge: What Motivates Recep Tayyip Erdogan
And how he fooled American diplomats and experts.
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The Imperfect God of Midrash
How arguing with God became acceptable.