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Jun 26, 2015, 12:15 PM

Estranged Ministry

A ruckus has ensued recently regarding Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and foreign policy in general. Contrary to most critical voices floating around, these developments are actually signs of recuperation, finally. Traditionally, in Israel, it is said that diplomatic forces...

May 10, 2015, 11:21 PM

Redemption Knocking

The time between Passover and Pentecost is special. Not something factual that can be explained, but an experience. The mix of mourning and joy, the changes of season and counting of days create a sense of anticipation. What with the...

Mar 31, 2015, 10:47 AM

Several articles have voiced the notion that Israelis voted according to social grouping instead of purely for political opinion. In other words, Russian-speaking immigrants voted for Lieberman, the National-Religious crowd voted for the Jewish Home, religious Sephardic bloc voted...

Mar 8, 2015, 3:06 PM

Godlessness is boring

Some people think that the world is divided between believers and un-believers. Some people claim that skepticism is not the lack of faith but its beginning. Some people say that if you ask too many questions, in the end...

Feb 16, 2015, 11:34 AM

Kingdom Pressure

The infamous Shabbtai Zvi was a complex character. As figurehead of the great mystical messianic movement in the 17th century, scholars believe he actually suffered from manic depression, which would explain his trademark bi-polar behavior between crazed enthusiasm and...

Jan 13, 2015, 11:58 AM

European Islamophobia

“It is only when the people become ignorant and corrupt, when they degenerate into a populace, that they are incapable of exercising their sovereignty.” --James Monroe Democracy as a state system of governance seems to have worked so far, but...

Dec 10, 2014, 12:08 AM

Divine election

The recent announcement of untimely elections in Israel is disturbing to many residents of this great and haphazard country. It makes one wonder if it is even worth the bother of voting, not to mention the heavy blow on...

Nov 21, 2014, 12:15 AM

Wrapped in faith

It always struck me how in the morning prayers when a man tightens the leather strap around his fingers and hand, first he recites that sanctification is forever and lastly by faith. Eternity; righteousness; faith. Shouldn’t faith be the...

Nov 3, 2014, 10:41 PM

Death on the Temple Mount

For years and years, though it may seem of the distant past, Jews have sacrificed their lives for a structure on a Jerusalem hill. When I visited the Western Wall, a remnant of the outer courts, it did not...

Oct 21, 2014, 10:14 AM

Islamic Volksgeist

The deeper theological roots in the narrative and identity of peoples explains behavior and politics in the Middle East and around the globe. Political Theology is a term associated with the famous 20th century jurist and political theorist Carl Schmitt....

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Natar has an MA in Jewish Thought from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He likes to read and write about politics, Jerusalem and messianism.