Without Regime Change in Beirut or Tehran, Israel Won’t Put an End to Hizballah
But it can, and must, keep fighting.
May 14, 2026
The Revival of Jewish Jerusalem
And why Zionism was good for its Christians and Muslims.
Tonight begins Yom Yerushalayim, the anniversary of Israel’s reunification of Jerusalem during the Six-Day War. In a survey of the past 800 years of the city’s Jewish history, Nissan Ratzlav-Katz begins with the report written by Rabbi Moses Nahmanides (a/k/a Ramban) in 1267, not long after his arrival in the Land of Israel. He described the Holy Land as “very neglected and desolate,” with Jerusalem “the most desolate of all.” But by 1491, the Bohemian travel writer Martin Kabátník was able to present a picture of a Jewish community that had revived—at least in demographic terms:
May 14, 2026
A Lesson in Middle East Policy from the Founding Fathers
From the Strait of Hormuz to the shores of Tripoli.
Don’t Forget Religious Persecution in China
President Trump should take a page from Ronald Reagan’s playbook.
The Jewish Philosopher Who Operated Outside the Greco-Islamic Tradition
While studying mathematics and astronomy.
The Revival of Jewish Jerusalem
And why Zionism was good for its Christians and Muslims.