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An Uncompromising battle against Historical Relativism
By Laurent Cohen  |  07/10/2010
Leo Strauss believes that abandonment of the idea of “natural right” is leading to ethical and moral chaos, to nihilism, to degenerative totalitarianism. In Laurent Cohen’s opinion, Natural Right and History is an accurate description of the modern crisis characterizing the West today

The constitutional revolution is a religious revolution
By Michal Shaked  |  07/10/2010
If you wish to read a scathing broadside on the Supreme Court, When Judges Rule: A Critique of Judicial Bonapartism and Its Constitutional Theology by Yoash Meisler is the book for you. Michal Shaked is convinced that despite its extreme nature, everyone should read it because it is a brilliant intellectual analysis an...

The Pain of Remaining on the Outside
By Janush Kovanai  |  07/10/2010
The debate as to "what is Jewish literature" is as old as the question "who is a Jew." Can a language assimilate into itself every person who uses it to produce creative writing, or only members of the people, culture or society who share that language? János Kőbányai offers us a sketch of the Hunga...

To play or not to play Richard Wagner – blog
By Agata Peleszuk  |  07/10/2010
The Israel Chamber Orchestra will perform at the German festival devoted to the music of Richard Wagner. Wagner, a controversial composer, admired by Adolf Hitler, is until today an artistic taboo in Israel due to his negative associations. Therefore, the Israeli performance may meet with a harsh criticism both from Is...

Letter from London – Jewish media and communal responsibility
By Antony Lerman  |  07/10/2010
I realise this isn’t earth shattering news, but bear with me: I received an email today from the foreign editor of the weekly Jewish Chronicle newspaper, Miriam Shaviv, letting me know that she’s leaving after 5 years to join the Times Higher Education magazine as features editor. For a writer like myself, who occasion...

Conversion on the dance floor - A weekly report by an Israeli in Berlin
By Amit Epstein  |  07/10/2010
Being alert is a basic condition, for an Israeli; therefore I do not feel I need to change my behavior in spite of of the terror attacks prophesied all over the newspapers headlines of the last week

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