The Growing Alliance between Israel and Morocco
Military cooperation against a common Iranian threat.
October 12, 2022
Was the Mysterious Master of 20th-Century Jewish Thought an Eccentric Genius, or a Charismatic Fraud?
Elie Wiesel and Emmanuel Levinas revered the man known as Chouchani.
Both Elie Wiesel and the Russian-born French Jewish philosopher Emmanuel Levinas considered themselves disciples of an enigmatic vagabond who went by the name Chouchani; so too did several esteemed figures in the field of Jewish studies. But Chouchani, whose real name was Hillel Perlman, published nothing, and most of what is known about his thought comes in the form of gnomic pronouncements quoted by his admirers. Now a large trove of Chouchani’s notebooks, after being carefully safeguarded by one disciple, have been made available for study. Yoel Finkelman writes:
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The Upcoming Israeli Election May Seem Like a Repeat, but Benjamin Netanyahu Has Changed His Tune
For the first time since 2015, Likud is talking about substance.
With the Advent of Zionism, Muslims Adopted the European View of Jews as Bearers of “Cosmic Evil”
Semites, anti-Semites, and Bernard Lewis.
Was the Mysterious Master of 20th-Century Jewish Thought an Eccentric Genius, or a Charismatic Fraud?
Elie Wiesel and Emmanuel Levinas revered the man known as Chouchani.
The History of the Citron, and Its Many Boxes
“The etrog was used as a weapon with which to pelt one’s enemies and as an amulet to soften the pains of childbirth.”