Iran Violated the Nuclear Deal in Several Ways, Some of Which Are Irreversible
Its current breakout time is no more than ten months.
November 15, 2019
The Sin of Sodom through Rabbinic Eyes
Where cruelty was encouraged and compassion punished.
In telling the story of the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah—part of this Sabbath’s Torah reading—the biblical text goes into much detail, but is remarkably vague about what sins provoked God’s wrath. While sodomy is the transgression most associated with this tale in the Western imagination, the rabbinic tradition tends to focus on other misdeeds. Helen Plotkin points to a midrash that depicts God being moved to action after a young Sodomite woman is killed by her fellow townspeople for surreptitiously giving flour to an impoverished friend:
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On the Campus Left, There Is No Place for Jews Who Won’t Abjure Israel
Every progressive event is now an anti-Israel event.
By Killing Abu al-Atah, Israel Sent a Message to Iran
And tested Hamas.
The Sin of Sodom through Rabbinic Eyes
Where cruelty was encouraged and compassion punished.
The Return of Communal Challah Baking
The old roots of a recent Jewish fad.