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    The Lonely Prophet of Jewish Awakeness

    Revisiting Lev Shestov’s radical uncertainty, at a time when facts are less compelling than ever

    byAlissa Valles
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    Tablet Magazine; original photo: Wikipedia
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    Levinas Would Have Banned Facial Recognition Technology. We Should Too.

    The surveillance state is a deeply threatening and immoral structure for human social existence. It’s here now.

    byDavid Zvi Kalman
  • Bernard-Henri Levy in Paris, January, 2016.
    Bernard-Henri Levy in Paris, January, 2016.
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    Q&A: BHL

    The Nouveau Philosophe on ‘The Genius of Judaism,’ the lessons of Jonah, the ‘human excellence’ of cities, and the futility of the fight against global anti-Semitism

    byDavid Samuels
  • Refugees of Syria arrive on the shores of the Greek island of Lesbos aboard an inflatable dinghy across the Aegean Sea from Turkey on September 7, 2015. Greece sent troops and police reinforcements on September 6 to Lesbos after renewed clashes between police and migrants, the public broadcaster said, while Syrian refugees on the island were targeted with Molotov cocktail attacks. More than 230,000 people have landed on Greek shores this year and the numbers have soared in recent weeks as people seek to take advantage of the calm summer weather.
    Refugees of Syria arrive on the shores of the Greek island of Lesbos aboard an inflatable dinghy across the Aegean Sea from Turkey on September 7, 2015. Greece sent troops and police reinforcements on September 6 to Lesbos after renewed clashes between police and migrants, the public broadcaster said, while Syrian refugees on the island were targeted with Molotov cocktail attacks. More than 230,000 people have landed on Greek shores this year and the numbers have soared in recent weeks as people seek to take advantage of the calm summer weather.
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    Talmudic Tale Presents President Obama With a Yom Kippur Warning

    An ancient story about an eager rabbi and a proud butcher offers a lesson in foreign policy

    byLiel Leibovitz
  • A still from ‘Shaun the Sheep Movie.’
    A still from ‘Shaun the Sheep Movie.’
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    When Bad Things Happen to Good Sheep

    A new animated movie charmingly wrestles with one of Jewish theology’s thorniest questions

    byLiel Leibovitz
  • Glenn Close in Damages. (DIRECTV)
    Glenn Close in Damages. (DIRECTV)
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    Plain Evil

    This week’s parasha is a reminder of why we must never exaggerate evil, a lesson ignored by recent pop culture hits, from TV’s Damages to Stieg Larsson’s Millennium trilogy

    byLiel Leibovitz
  • Derrida, at home in Ris-Orangis, near Paris, in 2001.(Joel Robine/AFP/Getty Images)
    Derrida, at home in Ris-Orangis, near Paris, in 2001.(Joel Robine/AFP/Getty Images)
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    A Skeptic’s Skeptic

    A new biography takes a look at Derrida’s philosophy of disillusionment

    byDavid Kaufmann
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    Starting Small

    Tracing Hilary Putnam’s roadmap to God

    byDavid Kaufmann
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