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Friday, January 12th 2024
SHABBAT READING Invoking Creation in the Story of the Ten Plagues: Prof. Zony Zevit, The Torah.com, Mar. 25, 2015 — The account of the ten plagues as we have it, in its final, redacted form, is a crafted piece of religious historiographical literature.[1] In my essay “The Ten Plagues and Egyptian Ecology”[2] I addressed the possibility that this account […]
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Eliza Shapiro and Katherine Rosman NY Times, Jan. 9, 2024 “They did it to expand 770 and make it bigger. They have come to fulfill the rebbe’s wishes.” A decades-old fight about the direction of one of New York’s most prominent Hasidic Jewish groups tipped into chaos this week, when one faction clashed […]
Luke Tress Times of Israel, Jan. 11, 2024 “As the holiest place in the world, we have to expand. The Rebbe, the words of the rabbi, says they need to expand it. The Rebbe is the one in charge. He is Chabad.” On Tuesday, a group of US Jewish men gathered to pray […]
Brendan O’Neill Spiked, Jan. 10, 2024 “It’s a colourful story, for sure. If the Atlantic publishes a longform piece on the doctrinal clashes in this curious community, I’ll probably read it. But for it to trend, to make waves worldwide, is odd to say the least.” So, some religious men in New York City dug […]
Maya Pontone Hyperallergic, Jan. 10, 2024 “… if you don’t know 770 Eastern Parkway, then you’re going to walk by the building or drive by it, and you’ll never see it … But to the Lubavitcher, it’s very exciting to them and it means only one thing.” A historic synagogue in New York […]
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Thursday, January 11th 2024 / Thursday, January 11th 2024
Citation de la semaine « Agissez comme s’il était impossible d’échouer. » Winston Churchill ________________________________________________________________________________ Table des Matières ________________________________________________________________________________ 9 soldats tués à Gaza ; Tsahal étend sa progression vers le sud: Emanuel Fabian, Lazar Berman & Joshua Davidovich, Times of Israel, 9 January 2024 Qui était […]
Save the Military–Industrial Complex: Jerry Hendrix, National Review, Nov. 30, 2023 No Shortcuts on Nuclear Deterrence: Rebeccah L. Heinrichs, Hudson Institute, Jan. 2, 2024 Restoring Deterrence Should Be America’s Most Urgent Task In 2024: Clifford D. May, Washington Times, Dec. 26, 2023 Biden’s Foreign-Policy Doom Loop: Walter Russell Mead, WSJ, Dec. 18, 2023 _________________________________________________________________For Further Reference: Israel or Hamas? It’s […]
Clifford D. May Washington Times, Dec. 26, 2023 “The Obama administration’s attempt at rapprochement notwithstanding, Mr. Putin seized Crimea from Ukraine in 2014 and sent insurgents into Donbas. No meaningful consequences ensued.” The coming of the new year is an appropriate time for retrospection. I’ve been thinking about December 2001. Like many Americans, I was traumatized by […]
Thursday, January 11th 2024
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs Hudson Institute, Jan. 2, 2024 “The nuclear posture designed to do this will require more deployed systems than were planned when China wasn’t considered America’s primary challenger.” The most dangerous global security development at the dawn of 2024 is China’s and Russia’s reliance on nuclear weapons to break the U.S.-led order. Russia […]
Jerry Hendrix National Review, Nov. 30, 2023 “We find ourselves today facing a significant probability of global military cataclysm, and we are not ready.” The United States faces an imminent threat to its national security. Two authoritarian great powers, China and Russia, are actively moving to undermine its position as the leader of the free world, […]
Walter Russell Mead WSJ, Dec. 18, 2023 “As American power globally is perceived to recede, chances of escalation in the South China Sea rise.” With less than a year before a challenging election, the Biden administration risks getting caught in a political doom loop. President Biden’s perceived weakness at home undermines his authority in dealing […]
Wednesday, January 10th 2024 / Wednesday, January 10th 2024
LOOMING ULTIMATUM? Iran Adds to Pressure on U.S. With Nuclear Program Acceleration: Lawrence Norman, WSJ, Dec. 26, 2023 — Iran has tripled production of nearly weapons-grade uranium in a move likely to deepen its confrontation with the West as Tehran helps allied militias to attack Israel and U.S. forces in the region. Iran, the Fulcrum of Mideast […]
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