Iran Brings Its War on Israel and the U.S. to the High Seas
Only an American show of force can get it to change course.
December 5, 2023
Finding the Human Face behind Rabbinic Texts
An antidote to today’s censorious way of reading.
The Talmud largely comprises discussion and arguments about Jewish law and scriptural interpretation among various sages whom it presents as familiar characters, without any sort of biographical information, and about whom there are almost no data outside of a few parallel rabbinic texts. Yet scattered throughout its many volumes are countless stories about these individuals. Yonah Lavery-Yisraeli considers the experience of studying of the words of these half-formed characters:
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What Makes Hamas Tick, and Why Israel Fails to Understand It
The terrorists make no distinctions among social, military, and political activity.
Hamas Is Losing in Gaza, and Winning in the West
The red-green alliance.
Finding the Human Face behind Rabbinic Texts
An antidote to today’s censorious way of reading.
The Complicated Case of a Reluctant Nazi
Karl Gönner started out as a committed party member. Later he saved the lives of Frenchmen.