Israel Has Dodged a Constitutional Crisis, but Only Temporarily
A showdown between the judicial and legislative branches may be inevitable.
April 3, 2020
The Plagues of Frogs and Darkness Were an Assault on Ancient Egyptian Theology
Showing the Israelite God’s masterful transvaluation of the Egyptian pantheon.
To a modern reader of the book of Exodus, the plague of frogs doesn’t seem quite so terrible as the destruction of food supplies by hail and locusts or the rivers turning to blood. Raheli Shalomi-Hen and Ilan Ben Zion argue that it was a way for the Israelite God to show his superiority over Egyptian deities:
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How 1979 Set Back the Islamic World
A new book dispels the myth that the U.S. and Israel bear responsibility for Middle Eastern disfunction.
The Dark Money Behind Anti-Israel Activism on College Campuses
The Department of Education has finally started to enforce the law.
The Plagues of Frogs and Darkness Were an Assault on Ancient Egyptian Theology
Showing the Israelite God’s masterful transvaluation of the Egyptian pantheon.
A Great Jewish Historian’s Political Journey from Left to Right
What Lucy Dawidowicz learned about the breakdown of social order and its effects on the Jews.