Mahmoud Abbas Condemns Hamas While It’s Down
The jihadists are “sons of dogs,” but Americans’ “fathers should be cursed.”
Latest Editor's Picks
Friday, April 25
With Help from Russia, Iran Has Expanded Its Terror Network into Northwest Africa
Washington should support Morocco in its fight with the Polisario Front.
A Visit to the Remaining Jews of Ethiopia
In Israel, Ethiopians count for a disproportionately high number of war deaths.
Norman Manea: Romania’s Great Jewish Novelist
Jewishness has been the hinge of his fiction, if not the whole door.
How Jews Helped Shape Religious Freedom in America
And how America shaped Revolutionary Jewish communities.
Past Editor's Picks
Thursday, April 24
Meet the New Iran Deal, Same as the Old Iran Deal
If negotiations continue along the current trajectory, the ayatollahs will have the bomb and Israel’s hands will be tied.
The Factors That Made the Attack on Governor Shapiro’s Home Possible, and How to Get Rid of Them
Inadequate law enforcement and a spike in political violence enable anti-Semitic terror.
The Zionist Meaning of Yom HaShoah
A day to remember death, courage, and those who warned of catastrophe.
A German Jew’s Story of Awakening and Survival
Among the “good citizens of Gunzenhausen.”
The Scribes of Ancient Israel
The people who wrote the Dead Sea Scrolls, and how they understood their jobs.
Wednesday, April 23
Jordan Is Losing Patience with Its Islamists
The arrest of a Muslim Brotherhood terrorist cell.
Stirring Up Anti-Israel Mobs at a Desert Music Festival
Performers know what a crowd wants: powerful basslines and the optics of morality.
A Mistake, Not a War Crime
A recent incident in Gaza proves the opposite of what Israel’s detractors believe.
Marcel Proust’s Jewish Point of View
A novel that could have been written only by a Jew.
Preserving Synagogues in Post-Soviet Georgia
A visit to Akhaltsikhe.
Tuesday, April 22
Israel Must Start Planning for the Day after a New Iran Deal
Close coordination with the White House is the only path forward.
Iran Is Using Organized Crime to Do Its Dirty Work in Europe
More reliable than terror proxies.
How Intersectionality Breeds Anti-Semitism
All struggles are related . . . to the Jews.
In America, Belief in the Afterlife Has Bounced Back
You don’t have to be religious to believe in heaven.
A Closer Look at Judaism and Capital Punishment
And why repentance provides no out.
Monday, April 21
Leaking Israeli Attack Plans Is a Tool of U.S. Policy
But whose, and for what purpose?
To End the Current Standoff, Universities Have to Restore Their Lost Credibility
By abandoning learning in favor of activism, America’s colleges have forfeited their purpose.
By Elevating Cranks, the New Media Have Catapulted Anti-Semites to Prominence
A visit to the fever swamps.
Henry VIII’s Jewish Musicians
And the tragedy of Jews in Western music.
A Veteran Educator Comments on the Transformation of American Orthodoxy
An interview with Yosef Blau.
Friday, April 18
Libya Gave Up Its Nuclear Aspirations Completely. Can Iran Be Induced to Do the Same?
When America showed its willingness to use force.
The Attack on Governor Shapiro Is Symptomatic of the Pro-Palestinian Movement
The correct Jewish response comes straight out of the Haggadah.
Harvard’s Former President Goes Wobbly on Anti-Semitism
Perhaps Larry Summers sees anti-Semitism as a temporary but unfortunate illness.
Why a Jewish Painter Put Jesus in His Israeli Passover Scene
A first seder, not a last supper.
For the Rabbis, There Was No Limit to the Honor Due One’s Parents
Old age and the Fifth Commandment.
Thursday, April 17
The British Lawyers Going to Court for Hamas
Perhaps giving banned terrorist groups legal rights was a mistake.
Canada’s New Prime Minister Is Failing His Country’s Jews
Mark Carney denounces Israel for violating Gaza’s “territorial integrity.”
Nobody Knows How to Fight Anti-Semitism. But We Do Know How to Raise Committed Jews
Communal priorities in hostile times.
Abraham Lincoln’s God
For the sixteenth president, freedom was something holy.
Deciphering the Tongues of Biblical Mesopotamia
How Europeans uncovered ancient Akkadian and Sumerian.
