What Should Israel Be Willing to Give Hamas to Get the Hostages Back?
A look at the strategic picture.
July 9, 2024
For the First Time Since 1921, Israel Doesn’t Have a Chief Rabbi
An opportunity for renewal?
When the British mandatory authorities established the office of grand mufti in 1921, they also established the chief rabbinate, appointing one Ashkenazi and one Sephardi rabbi. Israel, after it declared statehood, decided to make the office part of the government apparatus. But now, for the first time, the office is unoccupied, due to a complex fight with the Supreme Court over the recognition of female rabbis, conflict-of-interest concerns regarding possible nepotism, and the resulting failure of the responsible government ministry to hold elections for the posts. Zvika Klein comments:
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Until Palestinians Exorcise the Ghost of the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, It Will Continue to Haunt Them
“Many mistakenly believe his collaboration with Hitler and the Nazis discredited him. It didn’t.”
For the First Time Since 1921, Israel Doesn’t Have a Chief Rabbi
An opportunity for renewal?
Christian David Ginsburg’s Journey from Warsaw to England’s Ivory Tower
A 19th-century convert’s story.
India’s Oldest Hebrew Tombstone, Just Discovered
A 13th-century inscription.