Imagine a private conversation – at moments, an intimate conversation – between two public intellectuals whose careers have been devoted to understanding the wider world in which we find ourselves. One is facing imminent death, and the other is recording the conversation in a valiant effort to preserve the dying man’s final thoughts.
Daniel Pearl was baptized in a Mormon proxy ritual in another case of a prominent deceased Jew discovered to have been baptized posthumously in recent weeks.
Israel has appointed its first Ethiopia-born ambassador. The appointment of Belaynesh Zevadia as Israel\’s envoy to Ethiopia was announced Tuesday.
Opponents of a proposed shopping center to be built on the site where Jews were deported to Nazi death camps want to ensure that an appropriate monument also is erected.
Mitt Romney won Republican primary contests in Arizona and Michigan, maintaining his front-runner status.
The first Israeli Arab with a permanent appointment to Israel\’s Supreme Court has come under fire for not singing Israel\’s national anthem at a public court event. Salim Joubran remained silent Tuesday during the singing of \”Hatikvah\” at the end of a ceremony swearing in new Supreme Court President Asher Grunis.
The United States said on Wednesday that North Korea had agreed to a moratorium on nuclear tests and long-range missile launches and to allow nuclear inspectors to visit its Yongbyon nuclear complex to verify a halt to all nuclear activities including uranium enrichment.
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