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Jews have a curfew in Paris tonight. No going to synagogue. The
Jews have a curfew in Paris tonight. No going to synagogue. The police fear what will happen to them. SMH. This is nothing new, though. A few years a...

Awesome: The Hasmonean uprising was a turning point in Jewish
Awesome: The Hasmonean uprising was a turning point in Jewish history: for the first time since the Babylonian exile the Jews fought a regional power...

Is loving your enemy really possible? And should it be a moral
Is loving your enemy really possible? And should it be a moral objective? I have had exchanges with some of my friends (such as Brennan Breed) about...

Today is Tisha Bav, the Jewish day of mourning the destruction of
Today is Tisha Bav, the Jewish day of mourning the destruction of the Temple (and by extension, many of the other catastrophes in Jewish history). The...

Its astonishing how little people know about the history of modern
Its astonishing how little people know about the history of modern Israel. Even highly educated people. Absolutely gobsmacking. Of course that can be...

Social media is a means for people to vent and preach to their
Social media is a means for people to vent and preach to their little choirs in order to persuade others (and themselves) of the truth of their own op...

Whats the connection between Putin and Gaza? Kerry met with
Whats the connection between Putin and Gaza? Kerry met with reps from Hamas, Turkey, and Qatar in Paris over the weekend. He is deferring to their w...

The front cover of Newsweek. (By the way, the synagogue in
The front cover of Newsweek. (By the way, the synagogue in Wuppertal Germany was firebombed last night, a synagogue in Miami spray painted, and a bank...

A letter from one of my Coursera students, who granted me
A letter from one of my Coursera students, who granted me permission to post. When you have 20 students, you should not make any assumptions. But when...