Give Iran a Choice: Go Bankrupt, or Give Up on the Bomb
The regime’s authority, and the country’s economy, are teetering.
January 24, 2025
Was Simone Weil’s Abandonment of Judaism an Abandonment of the Jews?
The wicked daughter.
Born to a bourgeois, assimilated French Jewish family, Simone Weil grew up to become a prominent radical, participating in the socialist movement and fighting alongside the anarchists in the Spanish civil war. But in the late 1930s, without ever abandoning her politics, she became increasingly drawn to the Catholic faith, a subject that occupies many of her later writings and has led many Catholics to revere her to this day. Adam Kirsch comments:
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Western Countries Prioritize the Existence of International Institutions over the Integrity of International Law
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Was Simone Weil’s Abandonment of Judaism an Abandonment of the Jews?
The wicked daughter.