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Bias at the Beeb?

In 2004, the BBC commissioned a report to allay public fears that its coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was partial. Now it has spent half a million dollars to ensure that the report isn’t released.Both Same and Different

Many of the differences between Judaism and Christianity are not greater than the differences within Judaism or Christianity itself. (PDF; pp.4-8) Nietzsche, of Blessed Memory?

Nietzsche was not only a fierce critic of European anti-Semitism, but his quest to create the Übermensch was the inspiration behind the Zionist project to mold the New Jew. City, Empire, Church, Nation

By creating the nation-state, Europe resolved centuries of tension between Christianity and civic duty. Now Europe has deserted both, but the modern project continues apace. The 12th-Century Age of Aquarius

Abraham ibn Ezra cast horoscopes not only for “natural” times such as the moment of birth, but also for “chosen” times: when a client began an enterprise or asked a question, or the onset of a disease.Alas for Aleppo

“In all the Holy Land and in Syria,” wrote Maimonides, “there is one city alone . . . in which there are those who are truly devoted to the Jewish religion and the study of Torah.”The Birth of the Jewish Vote

In 1944, as American Jews became frustrated with FDR’s indifference to the fate of Jewish refugees, Benzion Netanyahu saw an opportunity to give them a voice in U.S. politics.