Rabbi Who Has No KnifeDec 11, 202215 minTHE STATE AND PUBLIC MORALITY, CASE #1: THE TRIAL OF CHRISTMAS"Listen to me, and I'll tell you news that's right / Christmas was killed in Naseby fight!" ("The World is Turned Upside Down", English...
Rabbi Who Has No KnifeNov 28, 202212 minLOVE, POWER AND LAW IN POLITICS, Part 6: Royal Robbery Is Not LawI: THE LAW OF KINGS One of the most touching stories of the Middle Ages is that of Rabbi Meir son of Baruch of Rothenburg. Widely...
Rabbi Who Has No KnifeNov 23, 202214 minLOVE, POWER AND LAW IN POLITICS, Part 5: Bankers, Popes and MercenariesI: THE MAN WHO SOLD THE REPUBLIC The Florentine Guelphs were divided primarily along the question of Papal Supremacy not only in...
Rabbi Who Has No KnifeNov 14, 202210 minLOVE POWER AND LAW IN POLITICS, Part 4: A Pilgrimage through Hell.I: "LOVE, THAT MOVES THE SUN AND ALL THE OTHER STARS" In 1274, a respectable Florentine banker took his nine-years-old son to a visit in...