In 1961, a shameful moment when the horrors of WWII seemed to be returning
Sixty years ago, in a scene reminiscent of World War II, Algerian immigrants protesting the “nameless war” were chased, beaten and shot in Paris.
How to feel the staggering awesomeness of the Days of Awe (a little German philosophy can help)
For the faithful, the prospect of divine judgment inspires awe, but for the non-religious, there’s a staggering power in the Days of Awe.
What would Louis Brandeis do about Texas?
Known as the “people’s lawyer,” Brandeis, who called himself a Jeffersonian Republican, was a man of strong moral and political convictions.
With its abortion bill and new gun laws, Texas is a blacklisted Jewish screenwriter’s Hollywood nightmare
New Texas abortion and gun laws recall memories of McCarthyism and a famous western scripted by blacklisted Jewish writer Carl Foreman.
The French Tucker Carlson is Jewish, xenophobic — and maybe a presidential candidate
The bestselling author, television personality and rightwing gadfly Eric Zemmour was bourn to Algerian Jewish parents in a suburb of Paris.
Can a visionary Jewish philosopher help us make sense of the chaos in Afghanistan?
As scenes of turmoil and terror in Kabul unfold on our screens, our politicians and pundits are in hot pursuit of those responsible for this nightmare. There is, remarkably enough, something of a consensus when it comes to an answer: President Joseph Biden. These critics may be right, but as the work of a Jewish philosopher who lived through the great crises of the 20th century might remind them, Biden’s personal failure in Afghanistan is our collective failure.
In maskless Texas, a famed Jewish math whiz’s theories are playing out in real time — and it’s frightening to behold
Is Texas governor Greg Abbott’s COVID policy a libertarian experiment or a test of John von Neumann’s prisoner’s dilemma?
How Anti-Vax protesters use Nazi symbols — and pervert the ideals of ‘Liberté’
In France, vaccine passport opponents are pinning yellow stars to themselves and putting Hitler’s mustache on Emmanuel Macron. How did this happen?
Adolf Eichmann is alive and well and living in America
Those who excuse the January 6 Capitol riot and oppose COVID vaccines are exhibiting the ‘thoughtlessness’ Hannah Arendt warned us about.
What the Surfside tragedy teaches us about ‘critical maintenance’
Owners push back against expensive maintenance not because they are bad actors, but because they are, like the rest of us, all too human.