Hizballah’s Recent Attempt to Down an Israeli Drone Could Easily Have Sparked a War
The powder keg on the northern border.
February 8, 2021
The Unknown Jewish Sides of an American Generation
Steve Kogan’s Winter Vigil.
Upon first reading Steve Kogan’s memoir Winter Vigil, the critic Hillel Halkin was, in his own telling, “swept away,” and “overwhelmed by the book’s mass of detail, the memories, anecdotes, and sketches that crowd its pages like the parts of a Curtiss Jenny [model airplane] scattered on a worktable.” Indeed, Halkin adds, he “hadn’t read any contemporary writing as good in a long time.” And it got better upon rereading:
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By Claiming Jurisdiction over Israel, the International Criminal Court Makes a Mockery of Its Mission
Inventing a fictional country in which it can apply fictional law.
In His Lifetime in Public Service, George Shultz Strove for Freedom and Achieved Victory
The Episcopalian diplomat who hosted a seder.
The Unknown Jewish Sides of an American Generation
Steve Kogan’s Winter Vigil.
In Ancient Israel, Olives Weren’t Just for Oil
Over six millennia ago, they were being used for food too.