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Patrick Tanguay • Why Is It So Hard to Predict the Future?
But no one tried to save the culture of Hasidism, for example, with its devotion to ordinary, everyday holiness—or Misnagdism, the opposing religious movement within traditional Eastern European Judaism, whose energy in the years before the war was channeled into the rigorous study of musar, or ethics. Entire academies devoted to the Musar Movement
... See moreDara Horn • People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present
cold-blooded need for control.
Michael B. Oren • Ally: My Journey Across the American-Israeli Divide
He remains the foremost architect of political liberalism.
Louis N Sarkozy • Napoleon's Library: The Emperor, His Books and Their Influence on the Napoleonic Era
History repeats itself. The deeds of the sages serve as signs for their students.
Yochi Brandes • The Orchard
By 1921 it is clear that nonsocialist Zionism will not be able to colonize Palestine.
Ari Shavit • My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel
‘preserve the core/stimulate progress.’
Bruce Feiler • The Secrets of Happy Families: Improve Your Mornings, Rethink Family Dinner, Fight Smarter, Go Out and Play, and Much More
Sur le plan politique, il avait reçu la confirmation que le phénomène démocratique constituait la clé de l’avenir, qui permettrait de libérer la créativité et l’énergie de la société et, dès lors, ne manquerait pas de s’imposer en France et en Europe. Sur le plan intellectuel, il s’engagea dans un travail de compréhension du phénomène démocratique
... See moreNicolas Baverez • Le Monde selon Tocqueville: Combats pour la liberté (French Edition)
The existence of Jews in any society is a reminder that freedom is possible, but only with responsibility—and that freedom without responsibility is no freedom at all.