Cardinal Newman and self-conscience: Commentary on Israeli politics
Most people get confused when speaking about tolerance. They often use this word when in fact they mean “apathy.”
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Most people get confused when speaking about tolerance. They often use this word when in fact they mean “apathy.”
Do we want a zealous, anti-humanist and anti-democratic Religious Zionist Party alienating Israelis from religious Zionism like the rabbinate does for Judaism?
Rabbi Ohad Teharlev, the head of Midreshet Lindenbaum, warned of a "desecration of God's name" by the new government.
From the blog of Shira Pasternak Be'eri at The Times of Israel
Petra Marquardt-Bigman. Photo: Hen Mazzig. I will always be grateful to Twitter for having brought Petra Marquardt-Bigman into my life. It was there, on a platform that is frequently, and justifiably, maligned for promoting strife and conflict, that we first “met” and began to “talk” about things that mattered to both of us. One day, I messaged her to tell her that I was on my way to Israel. Might she want to meet in person? She agreed right away. We met at Café Suzanna, a Tel Aviv institution that occupies a good chunk of a block on Shalom Shabazi Street — a quaint and trendy stre...