Jewish Geography
The Jewish future has a southern accent.
You venture to call Ferdinand a wise ruler, he who has impoverished his own country and enriched mine!”
The Ottoman sultan Bayezid II is said to have made this disparaging remark about Spain’s Catholic king upon the latter’s expulsion of Jews and Muslims in 1492. Knowing what an asset the Jewish community of al-Andalus had been to the Arab kingdoms there, the sultan was astonished at Ferdinand’s edict and welcomed the Jewish refugees from his Christian foe.
Jewish history has been defined in large part by expulsions, and the search for places that accept them. In the past this included Muslim rulers. In 1940, Mohammed V of Morocco famously refused to implement the antisemitic edicts of the French Vichy regime allied with Nazi Germany. Considering himself Amir al-Mu’minin (Commander of the Faithful) like his namesake the prophet, Mohammed V saw the Jews not as the wandering people as portrayed in Christian legend, but as People of the Book deserving of protection. “There are no Jews in Morocco. There are only Moroccan subjects.”
Pursuit of Happiness
National Poll from Civitas Institute: Americans Concerned About AI, Economic Issues
The Civitas Institute Poll, conducted from March 11-20, 2025, asked 1,200 Americans an array of questions about how things are going in the country.
Humanity According to Alasdair MacIntyre
He reminded us that life is mainly about love and friendship, not reason and will.
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MacIntyre’s Post-Postliberal Godchildren
The best way to honor his legacy is to apply his insights about integrative traditions where they are most effective, the world MacIntyre knew best: the world of thought and inquiry.
The Burden of Debt and the Gift of Work
Pakaluk demonstrates how our nature as moral and social beings serves to create value and wealth as we utilize the resources of this earth to address the problem of scarcity.
