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Remembering Saul Lieberman
Kudos to FailedMessiah for noting the upcoming lecture to commemorate Professor Saul Lieberman’s 25th yahrzeit. A couple of weeks ago ...
Oy, Spitzer
What’s the Jewish angle on the Eliot Spitzer debacle? Gawker helps us out under the title “Shanda fur die Goyim”: ...
The Holocaust in the Arts & Education
-Tony Judt argues, “We have attached the memory of the Holocaust so firmly to the defense of a single country—Israel—that ...
Joseph Herman Hertz
Author, Zionist and chief rabbi of the British Empire for more than three decades.
Heresy in Judaism
Various movements within the religion have been viewed heretical by those who disagreed with them.
Third Intifada?
This article from The Christian Science Monitor, asks whether a Third Intifada is brewing? Which caused me to ask, when ...
What to Do About Hamas
-Nahum Barnea says Israel has only two options, both “dreadful …either reoccupy Gaza or talk with Hamas.� (Ynet)-The former CIA ...
Terror strikes Jerusalem
This story is just starting to make its way into the American news headlines. I’m sure there will be more ...
Synagogues & Rabbis
-Rabbis find they need to choose their political roles, if any, with care. (Washington Jewish Week) -A look at the ...
Jewish Fundamentalism
Belief that the Bible, as interpreted by rabbinic tradition, is infallible.