EXCERPT FROM A COLUMN ON BARUCH SPINOZA
Right now, on American college campuses, the Jewish people are under attack, from Arabist antisemites, from ideological/intellectual antisemites, and from nihilistic students with nothing else to believe in and nothing better to do with their time. Now is, in other words, an important moment to remember that this great nation and the liberties that those foolish students and faculty are squandering are far more seriously derived from Jewish origins and Jewish thinkers than most people are aware. Ancient Israel helped form all of what is now known as “Western Civilization,” and, as such, also helped form the underpinnings of the United States. And Baruch Spinoza helped transmit all of that to the Founders in ways that became uniquely and profoundly American.
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Author: Ruth King
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