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April 16, 2019

Israel Reached for the Moon

“If the probe had merely succeeded in reaching its correct altitude after launch, dayeinu.”

Last Thursday night, the lunar module designed by the private Israeli company SpaceIL and given the name Beresheet (Genesis) was expected to land on the moon. The unit had been successfully launched into lunar orbit, but the delicate piece of technology with which it measured the distance between itself and the moon’s surface malfunctioned, leading to a crash landing. Armin Rosen, who was present at the SpaceIL headquarters, reports:

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April 16, 2019

  1. The Palestinian Authority’s Campaign against Negotiations with Israel

    Normalization as treason.

  2. How the Israeli Left Has Undermined Faith in the Rule of Law

    The judicial establishment reaps what it sowed.

  3. Israel Reached for the Moon

    “If the probe had merely succeeded in reaching its correct altitude after launch, dayeinu.”

  4. “The Last Unicorn” as a Reflection on Jews and Judaism after the Holocaust

    Peter S. Beagle at eighty.