Ideas

Op-Ed: France’s wake-up call

The country has become largely anesthetized to the reality of violent anti-Semitic attacks and the threat they pose to the French republic at large. Will this be the moment that changes?

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Op-Ed: HarperCollins must not contribute to delegitimization of Israel

Initially, a company spokesman said the omission of Israel from Middle East maps was a “bow to local preferences.” A subsequent apology was not enough for the executive vice president of B’nai B’rith International.

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Op-Ed: Golem story warns of dangers of ‘intelligent’ machines

Stephen Hawking, the brilliant physicist much in the news of late, has issued a warning about artificial intelligence that echoes the lesson of an ancient Jewish legend, writes a Yeshiva University Talmud professor.