ZIONISM AND THE PARADOX OF ABRAHAM
Drawing on their most recent works, philosopher Stéphane Habib invites Delphine Horvilleur and Raphael Zagury-Orly to explore and confront their conceptions of Zionism and contrast their personal experiences in an attempt to map out the issues the term carries today.
15 min. de lecture
TOWARDS A TRULY NEW WORLD
Next year in Brooklyn
4 min. de lecture
ALL THE ROADS ARE BEAUTIFUL
5 min. de lecture
JUDAISM: A CONSPIRACY THEORY?
From The Protocols of the Elders of Zion to the odious theories of Alain Soral and cronies, the idea of the Jewish conspiracy is (all too) familiar…
But what if Jews themselves were the conspiracy theorists?
4 min. de lecture
SECRETS OF THE JEWS
Since ancient times, the lives of Jews have intrigued those who are not Jewish. The separation between the two, rooted as much in the dictates of Jewish law as in external rejection, is fertile ground for suspicions and fantasies to grow.
5 min. de lecture
FREEING CONSPIRACY FROM CONSPIRACISM
The repudiation of conspiracy theories cannot come at the expense of a healthy vigilance against conspiracy itself. It is conspiracism we must immunize ourselves against—and the Jewish tradition can help.
5 min. de lecture
TELLING TALES
Nothing is more human than our incredible ability to construct stories, to build narratives and share them with others.
The stories we tell forge bonds and often largely define the way we perceive the world.
3 min. de lecture
SECRET KNOWLEDGE
Men studying the Torah or the Talmud in small groups, using a language as strange as it is foreign while abiding by a protocol and observing certain rituals—this is enough to raise eyebrows in our age of transparency. What on earth are Jews doing when they gather in secret in the early hours of the morning to jabber about in some sort of gibberish?
5 min. de lecture
HAIRDRESSERS AND DONKEYSKIN
In Judaism and in every other tradition, hair is an object which is codified, framed, ritualized: an object of significance. And as is often the case, although male pilosity may figure into our discussions, it is matters of female hair that seem to draw all our attention.
5 min. de lecture