Iran’s New Friends Make It More Dangerous Than Ever
Russia and China don’t fear the ayatollahs’ nuclear program.
September 14, 2023
The Grammar Wars of Medieval Spain
Two poets and their argument over the sacred language.
Sometime in the 10th century, a gifted Jewish poet named Dunash ibn Labrat came to Cordoba from North Africa, after some years of study in Baghdad. He soon became embroiled in a fierce controversy over the structure of Hebrew roots with another prominent Hebrew poet and scholar, Menachem ben Saruk. Tamar Marvin tells their stories, and explains why this abstruse dispute was taken so seriously by their contemporaries:
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Bayard Rustin Was a Man of Courage and Principle, Not a Hero of Intersectionality
A campaigner for civil rights and friend of the Jews, inspired by his faith.
The Ancient Jewish Connection to Jerusalem, and How the U.S. Came to Recognize It
History recent and ancient.
The Grammar Wars of Medieval Spain
Two poets and their argument over the sacred language.
The Yiddish Newspaper Column That Reunited Families after the Holocaust
Seeking Relatives.