Iran Reports That Its New Missile Has Region-Wide Range
The Islamic Republic unveiled a missile that could reportedly reach Israel and regional U.S. bases.
February 10, 2022
The People of the Book and the Printing Press
Messages of hope in early printed Hebrew texts.
In a 1477 book of Hebrew commentary on the Psalms, the printer notes with wonder that the words “shine like sapphires in the eyes of all who see them.” He also remarks on the extraordinary capacity of the printing press to produce “300 copies all at once,” allowing Jews to preserve their faith “for all generations.” Early print books in Hebrew like this are rare, with only some 170 titles known to exist. Thirty-seven reside in the Library of Congress; as Ann Brenner notes in the Library’s blog, they—and one printer’s poem in particular—reflect a wondrous marriage of the ancient and new.
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President Biden’s State Department Nominee Warns against Efforts to Delegitimize Israel
At her Senate confirmation hearing, Deborah Lipstadt protested attempts to cast Israel as an “apartheid state.”
Over 80 Muslim Organizations Urge the Justice Department to Investigate a Terrorism-Research Group
The Council on American-Islamic Relations is leading the charge.
The People of the Book and the Printing Press
Messages of hope in early printed Hebrew texts.
Israel Arrests an Antiquities Thief and Recovers Thousands of Precious Relics
In a complex pre-dawn operation near Nablus, Israeli forces recover an array of ancient coins and other historical artifacts.