In the Age of Missiles, Defensible Borders Are More Important Than Ever
Israel’s unwritten national-security doctrine.
July 19, 2021
How the Law Can Stop Those Who Are Keeping Jews from Keeping Shabbat
“Too many of those types of Jews.”
As Orthodox Jews are forbidden from using electricity on the Sabbath, many who live in high-rise apartment buildings rely on Gentile doormen to press the elevator buttons for them. The Orthodox residents at a New Jersey apartment building, all of whom are elderly and some infirm, did the same—until they discovered that the co-op board had instructed the doormen not to help them. In response, they have sued in federal court. Michael A. Helfand writes:
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Iran is Responsible for the Slow Death of Lebanon
Collapsing currency, shortages, and political crisis, brought on by Hizballah.
How the Law Can Stop Those Who Are Keeping Jews from Keeping Shabbat
“Too many of those types of Jews.”
The Sewing Poet Who Thought He Could Break through the Limits of Mortality
A story.
From the Auschwitz Orchestra to a German Hip-Hop Group
Esther Bejerano, in memoriam.