Why the Siege of Gaza Is Legal
Israel has no obligation to provide electricity to the government waging a war against it.
October 13, 2023
The Sacred Task of Burying the Dead
“We ask for forgiveness” if a body is moved.
I will conclude today’s newsletter with an item that might be no less unsettling, but is decidedly more gruesome. Yet, like the story of the young Israel policeman, it contains an element of heroism—and more importantly, an element of holiness. Dovid Efune explains the special requirements that Jewish law imposes on the burial of those who have died “for the sanctification of God’s name.” That is, those who have died because they are Jews:
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Neither Might Nor Weakness Makes Right
The bankrupt moral presumption behind so much anti-Israel sentiment.
There Can Be No Palestinian State under the Rule of Hamas—or of the PLO
We can now see what evacuation of the West Bank would bring.
As the Hard Left Goes to Bat for Hamas, Some on the Hard Right Are Going Silent
“They have strong views about all the world’s affairs except dead children in Israel.”
The Sacred Task of Burying the Dead
“We ask for forgiveness” if a body is moved.