American Aid to Lebanon Is a Gift to Iran
A policy of defending a state run by Hizballah from Israel.
June 7, 2023
What Does Holiness Mean in a Secularizing World?
An economist asks a rabbi.
An economist and the son of a Southern Baptist preacher, Robin Hanson has tried to study the idea of the sacred by examining what characteristics people use to describe it. He then decided to ask David Wolpe, a rabbi, to help him define sanctity. Together the two examine how ideas of holiness shape human behavior, the sometimes-dangerous persistence of ideas of sanctity among those who have abandoned religion, and the role of the clergy in a society skeptical of authority. (Video, 62 minutes.)
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The Fatal Attack on the Israel-Egypt Border Should Lead to Concern, but Not Panic
A tactical rather than a strategic failure.
CUNY’s Problem Goes Much Deeper Than One Anti-Semitic Commencement Speaker
A longstanding problem receives sudden attention.
What Does Holiness Mean in a Secularizing World?
An economist asks a rabbi.
Recreating the Balm of Gilead
Scientists extract the resin of the pistachio tree using ancient methods.