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5 days ago · Report this post. German Jewish philosopher Hermann Cohen (1842-1918) was a neo-Kantian philosopher. Jewish Virtual Library describes him as “probably the most important philosopher in the ...
1 day ago · As had Kant and Hermann Cohen, Levinas regarded the proscription of images as Judaism’s supreme ethical commandment. 24 Levinas’ God is a God who hides his face; there is no palpable presence. 25 In being addressed by the word alone, we are brought to maturity by our obligation to a present absence or an averted face. 26 Levinas’ ethical critique of visual art is stated with particular ...
3 days ago · Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin. PIKESVILLE, Maryland — German Jewish philosopher Hermann Cohen (1842-1918) was a neo-Kantian philosopher. Jewish Virtual Library describes him as “probably the most ...
1 day ago · “Some people think the goal of Zionism was peace,” another Gush activist explained. “That is ridiculous. The goal of Zionism is to construct a people on its land.”
1 day ago · Theodor Herzl was the founder of the modern Zionist movement. In his 1896 pamphlet Der Judenstaat, he envisioned the founding of a future independent Jewish state during the 20th century. Zionism [a] is an ethnic or ethno-cultural nationalist [1] [fn 1] movement that emerged in Europe in the late 19th century and aimed for the establishment of ...
20 hours ago · Israel - Jewish Homeland, Zionism, 1948: The Zionist goal of Jewish statehood was violently opposed by the local Arab leaders, who saw the Ottoman defeat as an opportunity either to create their own state or to join a larger Arab entity—thus reviving the old Arab empire of early Islamic times.
4 days ago · Abba Eban, Robert S. Wistrich, and Joschka Fischer focus on criticism of Zionism, and contend that some forms of anti-Zionism, particularly attacks on Israel's right to exist, are antisemitic in nature.
