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This paper makes the non-monotonicity of a wide range of moral reasoning the basis of a case for particularism. Non-monotonicity threatens practical decision with an overwhelming informational ...

The modern political movement known as Zionism began in the mid to late 1800s. Theodore Herzl, largely credited with starting Zionism, was concerned with the safety of the Jewish people. During his ...

First, historian Tony Judt griped that the character of the Israeli state was too Jewish, labeling it the “an anachronism.” Now, he’s complaining that the lens through which we view the Holocaust is ...

The growing inclination among liberal Jews to deemphasize Jewish distinctiveness is the gravest threat to the future of liberal Judaism. See more on ...

Everyone is familiar will Hillel's quote, loosely translated, "If I am not for myself, who am I? If I am only for myself, what am I? If not now, when?" I have always understood this to mean that an ...

Please note that the posts on The Blogs are contributed by third parties. The opinions, facts and any media content in them are presented solely by the authors, and neither The Times of Israel nor its ...

Everyone is familiar will Hillel’s quote in Ethics of the Fathers, loosely translated, “If I am not for myself, who am I? If I am only for myself, what am I? If not now, when?” I have always ...