The U.S. Adopts a Tougher Stance toward the Muslim Brotherhood
But it still needs to find a way to combat its non-terrorist activities.
February 2, 2018
Remembering the Great Israeli Poet Haim Gouri
Bab el-Wad.
Haim Gouri, who died on Wednesday at the age of ninety-four, was a member of the first generation of 20th-century Hebrew poets native to the land of Israel. In 1948, while serving in the Palmach, his unit was involved in the intense fighting for Sha’ar Ha-Gai (Bab el-Wad in Arabic), a key point along the road linking Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. The battle inspired one of Gouri’s best known poems, often sung on Israel’s Day of Remembrance, of which a new translation by Vivian Eden has just been published. It opens thus:
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Setting the Record Straight on Israel’s Deportation of Illegal Immigrants
No refugees are being returned home.
How to Respond to Poland’s New Law Censoring Discussion of the Holocaust
Jews and Poles should try to put the past behind them.
Remembering the Great Israeli Poet Haim Gouri
Bab el-Wad.
What Does “Thou Shalt Not Covet” Mean? And How Can the Torah Prohibit Wanting Something?
The tenth commandment.