SHABBAT READING
The Origins of Tefillin: Dr. Yehudah Cohn, The Torah.com, Aug. 24, 2016 — Why did the practice of tefillin come into being? The first and second paragraphs of the Shema prayer, found in the Torah readings of Va’ethanan and Eikev respectively, may appear to resolve the issue, ostensibly ordaining the practice of head and arm tefillin. I will try to show that the question of tefillin’s origin is far from trivial, and hope to provide a more complex answer below
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The Obama Factor: David Samuels, Tablet, Aug. 2, 2023
Barack Obama’s Success: How His Election Created the Modern Democratic Party and Transformed America: Michael Ginsberg, American Greatness, July 21, 2023
Anti-Imperialist Fantasy Bears Bitter Fruit: Mark Dubowitz, Tablet, Jan. 9, 2023
The Long, Destructive Shadow of Obama’s Russia Doctrine: Adrian Karatnycky, Foreign Policy, July 11, 2023
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Barack Obama and Joe Biden’s ‘Imperfect Union’ Revealed in New Book: Emily Crane, NY Post, Aug. 30, 2023 — What bromance? Former President Barack Obama once told an aide “Shoot. Me. Now” over Joe Biden’s constant rambling, a new book that sheds light on their allegedly fraught relationship claims.
Obama-era Emails Reveal Hunter’s Extensive Ties to Nearly a Dozen Senior-Level Biden Admin Aides: Jessica Chasmar and Cameron Cawthorne, Fox News, July 10, 2023 — Nearly a dozen current and former officials serving in the White House and Biden administration, including the president’s national security adviser and the secretary of state, have extensive ties to Hunter Biden, who is accused by Republicans of selling access to his father, dating back over a decade.
Obama Warns Of Trump’s Political Strengths In Private Talk With Biden: Tyler Page, Washington Post, Aug. 2, 2023 — Former president Barack Obama, at a private lunch with President Biden earlier this summer, voiced concern about Donald Trump’s political strengths — including an intensely loyal following, a Trump-friendly conservative media ecosystem and a polarized country — underlining his worry that Trump could be a more formidable candidate than many Democrats realize.
Obama’s Disastrous Iran Deal: Richard A. Epstein, Hudson Institute, July 20, 2015 — In his famous 1897 essay, “The Path of the Law,” Oliver Wendell Holmes said that to understand the law, it would be necessary to adopt the perspective of the famous “bad man,” the one “who cares only for the material consequences” of his actions, but “does not care two straws for the axioms or deductions” of natural law.
