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ONE MAJOR DEVELOPMENT WAS the rise of the Mizrachim to a place of social and cultural prominence in Israeli life. Mizrachi religiosity had always manifested itself differently than the philosophically more rigid Ashkenazi variety, and now secular Israelis were being exposed to its worldview. Mizrachi Jews admired rabbis more than their Ashkenazi co
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William (Willi) F. Unsoeld, Ph.D.: 36, Corvallis, Oregon; Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy and Religion, Oregon State University, on leave as deputy Peace Corps representative in Nepal; Climbing leader.
Thomas F. Hornbein • Everest: The West Ridge, Anniversary Edition
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Max Boot • Invisible Armies
Biblical Ethics
Adam & Eve - FREEDOM = moral law
Cain & Abel - Deny moral responsibility
Noah - We are connected, collective responsibility
Babel - Failure of ontological rep
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Ehud Barak • My Country, My Life
Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik (1903–1993) boldly insists that in this amazing encounter, Moses serves as a paradigm for what is true of every human being: to be created in the image of God is to be assigned a specific task by God.
Shai Held • Judaism Is About Love: Recovering the Heart of Jewish Life
that included Uri Ilan back in 1954. As of April 1963, following the resignation of Isser Harel, Amit served in a dual capacity – director of AMAN and acting director of the Mossad – for the first and only time in the history of Israel.