How Chaim Weizmann Crafted the First Arab-Zionist Alliance
With the aid of T.E. Lawrence.
January 7, 2019
The Israel-Boycott Charade of the United Church of Christ
Turning church assemblies into anti-Israel witch trials.
In 2015, the general synod of the United Church of Christ (UCC)—one of America’s major mainline Protestant denominations—voted overwhelmingly in favor of divestment of church funds from corporations doing business with Israel, deeming the Jewish state the sole nation whose violations of human rights justified such a measure. Dexter Van Zile notes that this resolution was purely an exercise in moral posturing:
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The Israel-Boycott Charade of the United Church of Christ
Turning church assemblies into anti-Israel witch trials.
Devotees of the Liberal Order—Unlike Its Founders—Underestimated the Importance of Nationalism and Religion
Not antithetical, but complementary.
The Jewish Prohibition on Cremation and Cryonics Reflects a Deeply Held Belief about Human Nature
While the soul may have primary importance, the body is still seen as a holy vessel.
From Anti-Semitism in Europe to the Future of Liberal Judaism in America to “The Jazz Singer”: A Tikvah Podcast Roundup