The Best Defense against Hizballah Drones Is a Good Offense
Bring the fight to Beirut.
Latest Editors’ Picks
Tuesday, May 26
Synagogues Are Not Violating International Law, and American Mayors Shouldn’t Be Saying Otherwise
Are Jews who don’t toe the line entitled to the protection of the law?
Ruth Wisse Takes on the Dangerous Jewish Yearning for Moral Purity
“Show them the crucifixion of the Jews, as if it could be redemptive for the rest of us.”
The Conservatism of the So-Called Jewish Enlightenment
Haskalah shouldn’t be a dirty word to today’s Orthodox Jews.
A Rare Medieval Spanish Torah Scroll on Display in Tel Aviv
Pages from before the expulsion.
Past Editors’ Picks
Thursday, May 21
Pakistan Shouldn’t Be Trusted to Mediate with Iran
Islamabad has too many conflicting interests, and a terrible track record.
The Israeli Ambassador Is Right to Condemn J Street
Anti-Israel, anti-peace.
Democrats Reach across Party Lines to Embrace Anti-Semites
Criticize Israel, or Donald Trump, and all can be forgiven.
When Early Zionists Revived Shavuot’s Agricultural Character
Photographs of the festival of first fruits.
The Mystical Origins of All-Night Torah Study on Shavuot
Two rabbis and a revelation.
Wednesday, May 20
How the U.S. Can Beat Iran at Its Own Game
It’s time for strategic patience, and economic pressure.
American Zionism and the Myth of the Israel Lobby
The irrationality of the realists.
Progressive Rabbis Have Grown Quick to Point Out Israel’s Flaws, but Slow to Defend It
Blind spot.
The Academy Must Reclaim the Dialectical Search for Truth
A dialogue.
The First Kosher Cookbook
“With a Collection of Valuable Recipes & Hints Relating to the Toilette.”
Tuesday, May 19
Iran’s Plan for Terrorizing Jews around the World
A deniable, escalating modus operandi.
A Tour of a Rebalanced Middle East
Three years of war have changed the map.
Feminism Has an Anti-Semitism Problem
How Women’s Studies made the exclusion of Jews central.
America Should Speak Up for the Jews of Kaifeng
China has cracked down on its Jewish population.
The World of Ancient Israelite Scribes
Who wrote (down) the Bible?
Monday, May 18
Israel Slew Another Hamas Head in Gaza, While Victory Remains Elusive
Yet the terrorist group has never been more unpopular in Gaza.
What Should Jews Make of the Nakba?
Acknowledging Palestinian suffering doesn’t require accepting the call for Israel’s violent destruction.
The Logic behind Israel’s Lawsuit against the “Times”
The newspaper can be compelled to show its work—if it did any.
John Quincy Adams’s Sermon on Aaron
Rhetoric, tyranny, and holiness.
Abraham Foxman, of Blessed Memory
Can we afford not to be pessimistic?