Monthly Essays

In the 1860s, a British explorer discovered the City of David. Fifteen years ago, the Palestinian Authority tried to stop those who wanted to follow in his footsteps.

Jewish schools can illuminate the tradeoffs of screen-mediated learning, and show the country how to refocus on education’s higher purposes.

The diplomatic case against territorial concessions.

After fifteen months of war, and brilliant Israeli operations, Hamas and Hizballah have managed to avoid total defeat, and the IDF has not yet managed to secure total victory.

The government can break the wave of anti-Semitism subsuming American college campuses. But it will take political will.

In response to crises in Israel and at home, American Jews mobilized to raise vast sums. But why was the community so unprepared? And did it rise to the occasion?