Menachem Mendel

The other day our family returned from a great vacation on Cape Cod, a very fitting way to end the summer. I am still getting organized with the start of the new school so blogging might be a bit erratic. We rented a house on a lake with friends so I got to do plenty of fishing and other water-related activities. In between I managed to finish Tom Segev’s One Palestine, Complete: Jews and Arabs Under the British Mandate. Despite a few times when I felt that Segev’s politics influenced his writing and analysis, I thought that it was a very good book which discussed a period in pre-state history which often doesn’t get that much attention. I have enjoyed reading a number of Segev’s books, and despite some valid criticism I would still recommend them.

Here are a few posts from around the web and blogosphere from the past week or so.

1. Freakonomics links here to a number of recent studies about the role of the religion in people’s lives.
2. The SBL has given bloggers official status. (hat tip)
3. Good, Bad, My Lai, and Human Nature at the Questionable Authority.
4. Is Halakha Insensitive to Non-Jews? The Case of Fraud at the new Text and Texture. (hat tip)

Posted on September 8th, 2009 under Blogosphere Roundup, Miscellaneous • RSS 2.0 feed • You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed