Study of the philosopher Emmanuel Levinas has grown steadily in the United States, Israel and elsewhere since his death a decade ago. Now it’s getting a boost on the 100th anniversary of his birth.

About the book: Ethics, or the systematized set of inquiries and responses to the question “what should I do?” has infused the history of human narrative for more than two centuries. One of the ...

The opening in Kaunas of a cultural center named for a famous Jew coincided with rows over how to talk about his family’s killers. (JTA) — The inauguration of a cultural center named for a prominent ...

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God's humility is such that he has placed within human faculties the power to enact justice and because God desires justice, he trusts fragile prayers to hold together the fabric of the world's hopes.

Israel’s bombing and incursion into Gaza raise the question of proportionality. In addition to numerous war crimes and/or crimes against humanity, the fundamental of proportionality is being ...

The scene of horrific murders of Jews by locals during the Holocaust, Kaunas is at the center of an ongoing controversy over how perpetrators should be treated. The inauguration of a cultural center ...