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Sunday, December 13th 2020

How Did Simchat Torah Get So Popular?:  Shlomo M. Brody, Tablet, Oct. 15, 2014 — Simchat Torah is an anomaly on the Jewish calendar. The festival, which celebrates the completion of the yearly cycle of public Torah reading, doesn’t appear in the Bible or even the Talmud. Lessons from Kohelet – A Sukkot shiur by […]

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Sunday, December 13th 2020

  Table of Contents: Joe Biden Ready To Stand For Whatever You Want Him To:   David Harsanyi, NY Post, Oct. 2, 2020 Victor Davis Hanson: Myopic Democrats See Only Short-Term Benefit In Gutting Governing Traditions, Customs:  Victor Davis Hanson, Waco Tribune-Herald, Aug. 14,2020 Nancy Pelosi’s Insanity Plea:  Editorial Board, WSJ, Oct. 9, 2020 One Step […]

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Sunday, December 13th 2020

MEDIA OCRITIES OF THE WEEK Trump’s Not Superman. He’s Superspreader:  Thomas Friedman, NYTimes, Oct. 6, 2020 “The most important question today is not what President Trump has learned from his bout with Covid-19. Trump is one of those leaders who never learns and never forgets … The most important question is what have we as […]

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Sunday, December 13th 2020

Table of Contents: The 1619 Chronicles:  Brett Stephens, NYTimes, Oct. 9, 2020 Down the 1619 Project’s Memory Hole:  Phillip W. Magness, Quillette, Sept. 19, 2020 Peter Beinart’s Grotesque Utopia (Part One):  Shany Mor, Algemeiner, Oct. 13, 2020 Opinion: Is it Possible to Curb the Extreme Anti-Israel Bias of BBC?:  Dr. Manfred Gerstenfeld, World Israel News, […]

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Sunday, December 13th 2020

Citation de la Semaine « Nul conseil n’est plus utile que sur un navire en péril »  Léonard de Vinci  Articles Suggérés Israël et le Liban prêts à négocier la délimitation de leurs frontières Benjamin Barthe  Le monde.fr, 03 octobre 2020   Le Liban place tous ses espoirs économiques dans les pourparlers avec Israël Infos-israel.news, 04/10/2020 […]

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Sunday, December 13th 2020

BY: JACK CARGILL Dr. Cargill is Associate Professor of History at Rutgers University, New Brunswick   UNLIKE my distinguished predecessors today, I cannot claim the pleasure of having known Sir Moses Finley as a friend or colleague. M y role is to discuss Finley as an ancient historian. I was honored to be asked to […]

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Sunday, December 13th 2020

CLASSICAL HISTORIAN MOSES FINLEY’S LASTING IMPACT “It was fundamental to Plato, and to the mainstream of classical Greek philosophy after him, that men are created unequal; not merely in the superficial sense of inequality in physique, wealth or social position, but unequal in their souls, morally unequal. A few men are potentially capable of completely […]

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Sunday, December 13th 2020

  Table Of Contents: Stop Being Shocked:  Bari Weiss, Tablet, Oct.14, 2020 The Civil Rights Legend Who Opposed Critical Race Theory:  Steve Kinsey, RealClearPolitics, Oct. 12, 2020 Lies at the Heart of Identity Politics:  Philip Carl Salzman, Doc Emet Productions, Sept. 30, 2020 Rich Kid ‘Rioters’ Are Ignorant About the Poor Working Class: Ron Henderson, […]

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Sunday, December 13th 2020

Table of Contents: Iran-China-Russia Axis Threatens US and Israeli Interests:  Douglas Fraser, The Defense Post, Oct. 14, 2020 In Search of a Solution to Russia’s Strategic Problem:  George Friedman, Geopolitical Futures, Oct. 13, 2020 Armenia and Azerbaijan: The Conflict Explained:  Andrew E. Kramer, NY Times, Oct. 17, 2020 Yuri Dmitriev: Historian of Stalin’s Gulag, Victim […]

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Sunday, December 13th 2020

Rabbi Sacks, Former Chief Rabbi of England, Diagnosed with Cancer:  Jerusalem Post, Oct. 17, 2020 — Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, the former chief rabbi of Great Britain, was recently diagnosed with cancer, a spokesperson for his office announced on Thursday                               […]

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Sunday, December 13th 2020

Table Of Contents: Is a ‘New Right’ Ascending in Israel?:  Alex Traiman, JNS, Oct. 19, 2020 ANALYSIS: Bennett’s Meteoric Rise in Israeli Politics Explained: Yochanan Visser, Israel National News, Oct. 18, 2020 Gantz Said Threatening New Elections If Netanyahu Tries To Again Delay Budget:  Times of Israel, Oct. 16, 2020 A Magic Carpet Ride Over […]

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Sunday, December 13th 2020

Citation de la Semaine  La témérité est cette propension à courir des dangers inutiles, et à s’exposer plus qu’il ne le faut à ceux qu’il est du devoir de braver: c’est l’audace mal-entendue. »  Citation de Paul Thiébault; Le recueil de pensées (1805)   Articles Suggérés   20 ans après, les médias minimisent l’impact de l’Intifada […]