How America Sowed the Seeds of the Current Middle East Crisis in 2015
It all comes back to Iran.
April 18, 2024
On leaven and legal fictions.
At this time of year, observant Jews are arranging, usually via their rabbis, to sell their hametz (leavened and fermented grains) to non-Jews, in order avoid violating the biblical prohibition on owning such products during Passover. Nathan Oman, a Mormon legal scholar, comments on his experience of being the designated purchaser:
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Rafah must be the first step.
Twenty years of hating Israel at Columbia.
“God is present on every page.”
On leaven and legal fictions.