Can Israel and the U.S. Destroy Iran’s Drones and Missiles Before Running Out of Interceptors?
Missile math.
March 27, 2026
This year’s Jefferson Lecture offers Jewish tools for defending America’s promise.
Every year since 1972, the National Endowment for the Humanities has selected an outstanding individual to deliver the Jefferson Lecture. The first person given this honor was Lionel Trilling, who was also the first Jew to hold a chair in English literature at Columbia University. In 1977 it was given to Saul Bellow. On Wednesday night, the lecture was delivered by the brilliant scholar of Yiddish literature Ruth Wisse, who offers some Jewish wisdom for this great country at this crucial moment of its history. (Video, 64 minutes. A transcript is available at the link below.)
Missile math.
“I hope they kill the rest of the leadership soon.”
This year’s Jefferson Lecture offers Jewish tools for defending America’s promise.
Iron blooms under the sea.
As the government takes a stand against anti-Semitism.
Unlock the most serious Jewish, Zionist, and American thinking.
Subscribe NowEvery year since 1972, the National Endowment for the Humanities has selected an outstanding individual to deliver the Jefferson Lecture. The first person given this honor was Lionel Trilling, who was also the first Jew to hold a chair in English literature at Columbia University. In 1977 it was given to Saul Bellow. On Wednesday night, the lecture was delivered by the brilliant scholar of Yiddish literature Ruth Wisse, who offers some Jewish wisdom for this great country at this crucial moment of its history. (Video, 64 minutes. A transcript is available at the link below.)