Informed Comment daily updates (08/17/2024)

 

Ascending the Temple Mount: Political Act in a Site of Holiness Montréal (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Every year, Jews recite the entire Pentateuch aloud in synagogues. It is divided in weekly portions. This week’s one (Vaet’hanan, Deuteronomy 3 :23 – 7 :11) contains passages that are central to Jewish liturgy, including the Shema, a declaration of loyalty to God, or more precisely, a declaration […]

Letter to Florida State University System Protesting the Policing and Censorship of course Materials relating to Israel/Palestine Committee on Academic Freedom | Middle East Studies Association | – Letter to the Chancellor of the Florida State University System regarding the policing and censorship of course materials relating to Israel/Palestine Raymond Rodrigues Chancellor, State University System of Florida chancellor@flbog.edu Dear Chancellor Rodrigues: We write on behalf of the Middle East Studies Association of […]

How Exporting Fossil Fuels undermines Climate Targets By Bill Hare, Murdoch University | – (The Conversation) – Australia is one of the world’s largest exporters of fossil fuels. While this coal and gas is burned beyond our borders, the climate-warming carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions affect us all. My colleagues and I at global research and policy institute Climate Analytics were commissioned to […]

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