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Jan 19, 2025 | 
blogs.timesofisrael.com | John Hartley
Embed from Getty ImagesLev Shestov (1866–1938), a Russian-Jewish philosopher challenged the prevailing rationalist traditions of his time. Born Yehuda Leib Shvartsman in Kiev, Shestov rejected the rationalist and deterministic philosophies of Spinoza and Hegel, in favour of the primacy of individual experience and the mystery inherent in faith.
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
qoshe.com | John Hartley
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
blogs.timesofisrael.com | John Hartley
On May 17, 1948, just three days after Israel declared independence, the Soviet Union officially recognized the nation of Israel, becoming one of the first countries to do so. During the UN debates, Soviet Ambassador Andrei Gromyko endorsed the restoration of the ancient Jewish homeland, undermining British colonial influence in the Middle East. Czechoslovakia, aligned with the Soviet bloc, supplied crucial arms to Jewish forces during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
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Nov 28, 2024 | 
blogs.timesofisrael.com | John Hartley
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Nov 28, 2024 | 
qoshe.com | John Hartley
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Nov 26, 2024 | 
drapersonline.com | John Hartley
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
blogs.timesofisrael.com | John Hartley
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Nov 11, 2024 | 
johnbhartley.medium.com | John Hartley
John Hartley·Follow6 min read·--In every organization, the pursuit of innovation, efficiency, and a dynamic workplace culture rests on the bedrock of communication. Yet, fostering meaningful, productive conversations is often obstructed by a prevalent fear of conflict. Photo by Yan KrukauFor many, conflict suggests disarray, discomfort, and disruption — concepts diametrically opposed to the ideals of a harmonious workplace.
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Nov 9, 2024 | 
blogs.timesofisrael.com | John Hartley
Embed from Getty ImagesIf a recurrent theme in Jewish history is alienation and resultant suffering, Operetta, as an expression of Jewish culture, offers a curious paradox: a people, the Jews, who have endured centuries of persecution—the horrors of the Holocaust, the brutal Russian pogroms—producing melodies that soar with unbridled optimism. Meanwhile, the ancient Greek choruses, progenitors of democracy and philosophy, lament fatalism and the inexorable descent into despair.
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Oct 31, 2024 | 
conservativehome.com | John Hartley
John Hartley is a schoolteacher and part-time doctoral researcher at the IOCS, Cambridge, where his research focuses on Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s philosophy of religion. He represented his hometown on Wychavon District Council, until the ward’s dissolution in 2023. What sets Jenrick apart is his approach, which marries social realism with a philosophical and moral depth, an antidote to the surface-level, tribal political posturing of our times.
