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Hanoch Ben Pazi

Nov 23, 2023, 4:35 AM

On the Monstrous Act of October Seventh (Following Habermas’s response to 9/11)

In his response to the monstrous act of 'September 11th.', Jürgen Habermas wrote about the role of "Philosophy in a Time of Terror". And my thoughts couldn't stop of reflecting the monstrous events of 'October Seventh.” "The monstrous act itself...

Nov 8, 2023, 6:24 PM

We have been thrown into a terrible time

"We have been thrown into a terrible time" So, what will the intellectuals do? Be a messenger of life We were forced into this terrible time. We move through the difficulty of mourning – what’s already been called "The Shivah" / 7th...

Oct 24, 2023, 1:54 AM

‘Whoever sheds human blood’ – and the duty to name evil

"Whoever sheds human blood" - and the duty to name evil... So… that we know how to honor the continuation of the verse: "For in the image of God made man" ** And for everyone who asked me, the answer is very...

Jul 8, 2020, 11:41 PM

‘And the days of COVID-19 came to pass’: From Covenant of Fate to Covenant of Destiny for all Humanity

Never has humanity experienced so palpably and unambiguously a feeling of collective fate. To offer a way to deal with this dilemma, I would like to reflect upon the ideas of the late Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, one of...

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Full Professor, Dept. of Jewish Philosophy, Bar ilan University. His research is dedicated to Contemporary Philosophy and Modern Jewish Thought, especially to the philosophical writings and Jewish thought of Martin Buber and Emmanuel Levinas. His last book "Hebrew Humanism - Humanistic Judaism", Idra Academic Publisher summer 2023