First Links — 8.2.13

Religion and State in Israel
Moshe Koppel, Mosaic

Swords into Syllogisms
Randal R. Hendrickson, New Atlantis

The Chaste Erotics of Marie d’Oignies and Jacques de Vitry
Jennifer Brown, Medievalists

Pascha in the Summer
Fr. Steven Kostoff, Reflections in Christ

It’s Jeremiad Time
Wesley J. Smith, National Review

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