When Confronting Terrorists, Lethal Force Is Often Necessary
Jerusalem Border Police did nothing wrong during the recent attack.
December 6, 2021
The Israeli President Had Every Reason to Celebrate Hanukkah in Hebron
Setting the record straight.
On the first night of Hanukkah, President Isaac Herzog—a former leader of the Labor party—visited the city of Hebron to take part in a public menorah lighting at the cave of the Machpelah, traditionally held to be the resting place of the biblical matriarchs and patriarchs. Because Hebron was occupied by Jordan between 1948 and 1967, and because its Jewish population tends toward the Zionist religious right, the move was roundly condemned by left-wing Israeli leaders, and their criticisms echoed in the Western media. Jerold Auerbach comments offers some context:
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Withdrawing from the 2015 Nuclear Deal with Iran Was the Right Move—Even if the Ayatollahs Are Closer to the Bomb
The deal would at best have slowed them down, while giving them more money.
The Israeli President Had Every Reason to Celebrate Hanukkah in Hebron
Setting the record straight.
The Two Books of Maccabees Show a Familiar Israel-Diaspora Divergence
Where a Libyan Jew from the 2nd century BCE saw the hand of God, his counterparts in Judea saw human courage.
Jonathan Sacks’s Moderate Stance on Abortion
“A fetus might not be a person in Jewish law, but it is a potential person, and must therefore be protected.”