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The “yada yada” of the fool

IN WESTERN CULTURE there is an optimistic tendency to assume that the more knowledge someone has, the better. Such an assumption is based on the ideal of technology, which seeks to control the environment for the supposed good of mankind. The wise man, according to the Greeks, is the worldly man of knowledge and [...]

U.S. Jews forgetting Zion?

If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. Psalm 137:5

According to a Reuters report, “young U.S. non-Orthodox Jews are becoming increasingly lukewarm if not alienated in their support for Israel.” The study claims that this trend is not likely to be reversed as more and more American Jews assimilate [...]