The Russian Navy’s Plans for the Middle East
What a new maritime strategy means for Israel.
September 22, 2022
The Earliest Evidence of the Use of Opium, Discovered in a Canaanite Tomb
Likely a 14th-century-BCE cultural import from Egypt.
At an archaeological site near the Israeli town of Yehud, researchers found residue of opium in jugs from the 14th-century BCE. They conjecture that the opium itself came from poppies grown in what is now Turkey, while the practice of using opium was introduced to the Canaanites by the Egyptians. Amanda Borschel-Dan writes:
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The Emir of Qatar’s Dissimulation about the Muslim Brotherhood
A not-very-plausible denial.
A New Book Exposes How Some Christian Denominations Have Embraced Anti-Zionist Anti-Semitism
And dismantles myths about evangelicals.
The Earliest Evidence of the Use of Opium, Discovered in a Canaanite Tomb
Likely a 14th-century-BCE cultural import from Egypt.
The (Implicitly) Jewish Character Who Serves as the Moral Anchor in “The Women”
A new look at Clare Boothe Luce’s hit play and film.