SHABBAT READING
Collective Responsibility: VAYISHLACH • 5771, 5784, Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, The Rabbi Sacks Legacy — By any standards it was a shocking episode. Jacob had settled on the outskirts of the town of Shechem, ruled by Hamor. Dina, Jacob’s daughter, goes out to see the town. Shechem, Hamor’s son, sees her, abducts and rapes her, and then falls in love with her and wants to marry her. He begs his father, “Take this girl as a wife for me” (Gen. 34:4).
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Henry Kissinger’s Century: Nial Ferguson, WSJ, Nov. 30, 2023
The Tragedy Behind Kissinger’s Realpolitik: Robert D. Kaplan, Unherd, Nov. 30, 2023
Kissinger Without Tears: Editorial, The New York Sun, Nov. 30, 2023
Henry Kissinger, 1st Jewish Secretary of State, Iconic Cold War Diplomat, Dies at 100: Charlie Summers, Times of Israel, Nov. 30, 2023
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FOR FURTHER REFERENCE:
Henry Kissinger, Influential First Jewish Secretary of State, Dies At 100: Ben Harris, The Forward, Nov. 29, 2023 — Henry Kissinger, the first Jewish secretary of state and the controversial mastermind of American foreign policy in the 1970s — orchestrating the U.S. opening to China, negotiating the end of the conflict in Vietnam and helping ease tensions with the Soviet Union at the height of the Cold War — has died.
R.I.P. Henry Kissinger, America’s Most Celebrated and Controversial Diplomat: Jim Geraghty, National Review, Nov. 30, 2023 — Henry Kissinger, who died at age 100 yesterday, lived so long that one of the people who contributed to his obituary in the New York Times, Michael T. Kaufman, a former correspondent and editor, died 13 years ago.
The Hidden Calculation Behind the Yom Kippur War: Michael Doran, Mosaic, Nov. 2, 2023 — History records Israel’s triumph in 1967 as the Six-Day War, but the key operations that clinched the victory took closer to six hours than six days. Shortly after 7:45 in the morning on June 5, Israeli jets attacked.
Five Ways Henry Kissinger Shaped the Modern World: Tony Diver, The Telegraph, Nov. 30, 2023 — Henry Kissinger’s controversial legacy in American foreign policy spans the globe and continues to shape politics in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and South America.
Kissinger’s Final Warning: Thomas Fazi, Unherd, May 24, 2023 — How one chooses to celebrate Kissinger’s Century depends on where you sit in the “Kissinger wars”.
