America’s Rejection of the Nuclear Deal Didn’t Get Iran Closer to Developing the Bomb
Nor is Israeli opposition to the deal at fault.
March 16, 2021
After More Than Half a Century of Reluctance, the Druze of the Golan Are Embracing Israel
As civil war rages in Syria, social pressure among Druze fades.
For decades, the Druze who live in the Golan Heights have overwhelmingly remained loyal to Syria—which held the territory until 1967—and declined to obtain Israeli citizenship. But when the Syrian civil war broke out ten years ago, their economic ties with their brethren across the border were severed, the possibility of Jerusalem relinquishing the Golan became ever more distant, and Syrian rule seemed to offer little defense against Islamic State, al-Qaeda, and Hizballah and exposure to the depredations of Bashar al-Assad. Attitudes towards the Jewish state are experiencing a sea-change as a result, writes Jonathan Shamir:
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As Israel’s Political Parties Fight for the Role of Coalition Kingmaker, the Religious-Secular Divide Comes to the Fore
Two very different parties have found in each other the perfect enemies.
After More Than Half a Century of Reluctance, the Druze of the Golan Are Embracing Israel
As civil war rages in Syria, social pressure among Druze fades.
A Great Jewish Scholar’s Rediscovered Lecture on Civil Religion and the American Constitution
Leo Strauss on “Religion and the Commonweal.”
How the COVID-19 Baking Craze and Jewish Rituals Surrounding Bread Cast Light on the Meaning of Passover
Bread—not by our hands alone.