The U.S. Has Drawn a Red Line in Iran. Now It Must Uphold It
The danger of repeating Barack Obama’s mistake.
January 14, 2026
The Literary and Intellectual World of Yemenite Jewry
The poet-rabbi Zechariah al-Dhahiri.
Although Jews have vanished almost completely from Yemen, it was until recently home to one of the Diaspora’s oldest Jewish communities, with its own distinctive customs and traditions. Yet, while Yemenite Jews were known for their piety, even those deeply familiar with rabbinic texts are unlikely to be able to name more than one or two Yemenite sages. Adena Tanenbaum, in conversation with J.J. Kimche, provides an overview of the country’s Jewish history, and explains how its rabbis cultivated a unique genre of philosophical midrash. She then delves into the life of Zechariah al-Dhahiri, an outstanding 16th-century poet and sage, and his epic verse travelogue. (Audio, 69 minutes.)
January 14, 2026
American Jewry, Not Israel, Lost an Information War
The message: “we will not perish.”
The Anti-Israel Movement Comes for the Sciences
BDS stands in the way of progress.
The Yiddish Sherlock Holmes, Now in English
The creation of “one of the weirdest journalists ever to live in Galicia.”
The Literary and Intellectual World of Yemenite Jewry
The poet-rabbi Zechariah al-Dhahiri.