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Life is the Right Ideology

Wanton murder and terrorism are terrible crimes that are committed by the lowest of creatures. Men who murder people living peacefully in their homes or driving to their jobs are among the lowest creatures that there are, behaving in a despicable manner. They must be stopped and punished.

Monkeys and Typewriters: The Myth Goes On
by Joshua Josephson

Part I of this article ended with a quotation from a recent book which uses the parable of monkeys and typewriters. I challenged the readers to try to intuit its exact meaning.

Uncle David Wants You
by Moshe Schapiro

From the attention that the issue of army service deferrals for yeshiva bochurim receives in the media, one would think that it is the greatest single threat facing the State of Israel today.

Middos are Like Cannonballs
by R' Yitzchok Dvoratz

Middos are like heavy artillery positioned on a mountaintop, like cannon with mouths opened wide, aimed in all directions. This is how HaRav Y. Leib Chasman ztvk'l imagined them.

The German Tradition of the Israeli High Court
by N. Ze'evi

A new legal article traces a little known but ironic quality of influence missing in Israeli jurisprudence--namely that the current legal system operating in the Jewish state is deeply rooted in German concepts.


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