Poem on Repentance and Returning to God
The time has come for me to see after the darkness of ignorance. My old age is a morning that calls me to its dawning rays. The night of youth is short, so proceed deliberately. The morning is the end of the road for the night traveler. How have I been deceived by the world and its adornment, building my [...]
The Rabbi and Imam Shamsi Ali
Haaretz: New York rabbi, imam denounce violence after bomb plot exposed
New York-area religious leaders, Muslim cleric Shamsi Ali and Orthodox Rabbi Marc Schneier held a press conference Thursday, issuing a joint condemnation of the recently uncovered plot to bomb New York Jewish centers.
Two New York-area religious leaders, Muslim cleric Shamsi Ali and Orthodox Rabbi Marc [...]
Obama- Best friend Israel ever had
Haaretz: A friend of Israel
It’s already clear: the U.S. president is a great friend of Israel. If Barack Obama continues what he started this week, he might prove to be the friendliest president to Israel ever. Richard Nixon saved Israel from the Arab states in 1973, and Obama is about to save Israel from itself. [...]
Review of Wahhabi Islam (Natana DeLong-Bas)
Natana DeLong Bas’ Wahhabi Islam: From Revival and Reform to Global Jihad is not a bad book, but it is not a particularly helpful book either. One of its strong points is how adroitly DeLong-Bas eases the reader into topics. This is no small feat since the protagonist is Muhammad ibn Abdul Wahhab (d. 1792) [...]
Peace is bad business in Israel
Haaretz: Israel knows that peace just doesn’t pay
Successive Israeli governments since 1993 certainly must have known what they were doing, being in no hurry to make peace with the Palestinians. As representatives of Israeli society, these governments understood that peace would involve serious damage to national interests.
Besides the collapse of the arms industry, I think [...]
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