Tag: USA
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra returns to America to play Carnegie Hall
The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (IPO) is preparing for a tour of the United States under the leadership of its history-making conductor, Israeli-born Lahav Shani.
The first post-COVID tour for the IPO will hit the States from Nov. 2 to...
A Time For Candor: What Have We Learned From The Pandemic?
“The enemy is the unphilosophical spirit which knows nothing and wants to know nothing of truth.”
Karl Jaspers, Reason and Anti-Reason in our Time (1971)
By definition, Covid-19 has been a crisis of biology. Nonetheless, certain core explanations for American...
Jews and Blacks: Failure to communicate
Movie fans should recognize this line from Cool Hand Luke: “What we’ve got here is a failure to communicate.”
Such a sentiment aptly describes relations between the Black and Jewish communities, as Rodney Muhammad, president of...
Thinking Seriously While There Is Still Time: Classical Economic Wisdom at the Eleventh Hour
“The rich man glories in his riches, because he feels that they naturally draw upon him the attention of the world….At the thought of this, his heart seems to swell and dilate itself within...
War And Pandemic: Expanding Complexities Of Israeli Nuclear Strategy
“I warn the reader that this essay requires to be read very seriously and that I am unacquainted with any art which can make the subject clear to those who will not bestow on...
Bibi’s mandate soon to expire, without results
We’re at the end of Bibi’s’ mandate, without any results. With more than a hint of desperation, and indications from within Likud that–while expressing support for their leader–individuals are maneuvering to be next in...
Trump thanks Guatemala’s Morales for Jerusalem embassy move
President Donald Trump thanked his Guatemalan counterpart, Jimmy Morales, for his announcement that he would move Guatemala’s embassy to Jerusalem.
“President Trump thanked President Morales for supporting the United States and Israel, and for his...
Rolling Back Iranian Expansionism Means Contending With A Rising Russia
NSA McMaster is turning towards rolling back Iranian expansionism, now that ISIS appears to be nearly finished. What exactly the strategy will entail is not yet clear, but at the very least it should...