How to Prevent Saudi Arabia from Getting Nuclear Weapons
And Israel’s potential dilemma.
December 7, 2018
The Truth about Judah the Maccabee’s Military Prowess
Were the Hasmoneans really outnumbered?
“In Your abundant mercy, . . . You delivered the mighty into the hands of the weak, the many into the hands of the few, . . . and the wicked into the hands of the righteous,” reads the traditional Hanukkah prayer thanking God for the Hasmonean victory over the Syrian Greeks. But, asks, Allan Arkush, “were the Maccabees actually underdogs?” The Israeli historian Bezalel Bar-Kochva has argued that the reality is a bit more complicated:
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To Jeremy Corbyn and His Ilk, Israel Is an Enemy That Must Be Crushed
Will a Palestinian flag fly over 10 Downing Street?
Israel’s Revolutionary Plan to Provide Europe with Natural Gas
With the help of Cyprus, Greece, and Italy.
The Truth about Judah the Maccabee’s Military Prowess
Were the Hasmoneans really outnumbered?
Giorgio Bassani’s Literary Memorial to the Jews of Ferrara under Fascist Rule
Part Joyce, part Balzac, part yizkor book.