Shai Afsai

Shai Afsai


  • December 30, 2012

    Benjamin Franklin and Judaism

    In addition to his lasting contributions in the realms of science and government, the American founding father Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) also managed to posthumously influence Jewish thought and practice by way of his famous Autobiography. In tha...

  • August 26, 2012

    Zionism and the 'Married to Another Man' Story

    In the introduction to his popular and influential history of the Arab-Israeli conflict, The Iron Wall: Israel and the Arab World (2000), Oxford University Professor Avi Shlaim tells the following story: "The publication of [Theodore Herzl's] The Jew...