"The essays in this volume present interpretations of themes in major Jewish texts and thinkers, as well as treatments of significant issues in Jewish theology and ethics. It offers philosophical readings of biblical narratives, analyses of topics in the thought of Maimonides, Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook and Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, and critical and constructive examinations of divine providence, religious anthropology, free will, 9/11, evil, Halakhah...

Alice, a working-class woman of high ideals, and wealthy Charlotte have enjoyed a lasting friendship throughout many years. Suddenly, their lives become mired in their adult children's turmoil. Can they find a way to save their families from ruin?

¿Cuáles son las reglas esenciales para vivir que todos deberíamos conocer? Regla n.° 1: mantente erguido con los hombros hacia atrás..., como las langostas; regla n.° 8: di la verdad, o por lo menos no mientas; regla n.° 11: no molestes a los niños cuando montan en monopatín; regla n.° 12: cuando te encuentres un gato por la calle, acarícialo. Jordan Peterson, «el pensador más polémico e influyente de nuestro tiempo», según el Spectator,...

" 'No one,' Hannah Arendt observed, 'has ever counted truthfulness as a political virtue.' But why do politicians lie? What is the relationship between political lies and self-delusion? And how much organized deceit can a democracy endure before it ceases to function? Fifty years ago, the century's greatest political theorist turned her focus to these essential questions in two seminal essays, brought together here for the first time. Her conclusions,...