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Why Darwinist Materialism is Wrong

Philosopher Thomas Nagel rejects the naturalistic conception of the world as "a heroic triumph of ideological theory over common sense."  But he still stops short of believing in God. Akko’s Shipwrecks

The sea around the city of Akko is full of preserved shipwrecks, from the Hellenistic period through the Egyptian-Ottoman War.  And excavations have just begun.Preconditions to Murder

It is no accident that the Final Solution took place in territory where first the Soviets had destroyed independent states, then the Germans had destroyed Soviet institutions. On Judaism and Homosexuality

Should Jewish communities treat homosexuals as beyond the pale even in circumstances in which they embrace people who violate the Sabbath or don’t give to charity?  (Transcribed by Dov Karoll)Norway’s Jewish Problem

The far-right Anders Breivik made news with his murderous assault on multiculturalism in 2011.  But Jews are leaving Norway because of pressure from the country’s liberal anti-Zionist elite.Balfour and the Bolsheviks

History remembers 1917 for the Balfour Declaration’s support of Zionism.  But Jews in 1917 were more interested in another event of that same week: the October Revolution.Arendt and the Arabs

Hannah Arendt feared that Zionism would create a “Jewish island in an Arab sea.”  But her Eurocentrism kept her from seeing just how hostile that sea would be.