Patricia Snow (“Hawthorne’s Daughter,” January) may perhaps be unaware of St. Jerome’s error in countering Jovinian’s heresy, namely, his denigration of marriage in order to uphold the superiority of the virgin state. Snow makes Jerome’s mistake in her attempt to rationalize Rose . . . . Continue Reading »
In 1965, in Nostra Aetate, the Second Vatican Council affirmed that God’s covenant with the Jewish people is irrevocable. Lumen Gentium had done the same the year before, concurring with what St. Paul says about biblical Judaism in Romans 11:29 (“For the gifts and the call of God . . . . Continue Reading »
God’s choice of Abraham is his free self-determination to be the God who makes and keeps promises. Continue Reading »
The Jewish tradition plays a crucial role as the basis for Israel’s political mythology and identity. Continue Reading »
Proportional representation used to be blamed for the collapse of the Weimar Republic: Too much fragmentation crippled effective majority government. Israel adopted proportional representation in 1948, but in order to avoid what happened in Germany, the Israelis set a 1 percent threshold for a party . . . . Continue Reading »
Bibi: The Turbulent Life and Times of Benjamin Netanyahu by anshel pfeffer basic, 432 pages, $32 After Israeli Premier Yitzhak Rabin was murdered by an ultra-Zionist fanatic in November 1995, the veteran anti-Israel terrorist Yasser Arafat was among the mourners welcomed at Rabin’s home to . . . . Continue Reading »
The prospects for crafting a system under which both Aaron Lipkin and Daoud Nassar can see his family flourish in safety seem slim. Continue Reading »
Peter Hitchens is invariably witty and provocative. His recent essay (“Latimer and Ridley Are Forgotten,” June/July) is no exception. Although diverting, it errs in at least one crucial respect: its assertion that the “judicial murders of Thomas More and John Fisher were political in origin, . . . . Continue Reading »
A new law, far from changing the nature of the Israeli state, merely reiterates founding principles from the 1948 Declaration of Independence. Continue Reading »
To say that Israel rolled out the red carpet for Orban would be a gross understatement. Continue Reading »
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