In the West Bank, the EU Creates Its Own Facts on the Ground
And demands compensation when Israel tries to enforce the law.
October 24, 2017
The Many Lives of an Early Work of Jewish Mysticism
The Book of Creation.
About 1,000 words in length, and written no later than the 8th century CE, the Hebrew Sefer Yetsirah (Book of Creation) is attributed by tradition to no lesser a figure than the patriarch Abraham. Its terse and esoteric nature has made it ripe for commentaries—by both rabbis and modern scholars—which have understood it in radically different ways. Tzvi Langermann describes the book and some of its interpretations:
October 24, 2017
Even the European Left Rejects BDS
A win for Israel activists.
Is Halakhah a System of Laws, or More Like a Language?
How rabbis lead from behind.
The Many Lives of an Early Work of Jewish Mysticism
The Book of Creation.
Thousands of Documents Rescued from the Nazis Resurface in a Church Basement
The Nazi center for Jewish research and the paper brigade.