Iran’s Plan for Terrorizing Jews around the World
A deniable, escalating modus operandi.
May 19, 2026
The World of Ancient Israelite Scribes
Who wrote (down) the Bible?
Ever since modern biblical scholarship emerged in 19th-century Germany, the question of the Hebrew Bible’s authorship has been a historical lightening rod. But William Schniedewind takes on a different, if related, question: who were the scribes who physically wrote the biblical text on scrolls? Ethan Schwartz describes what we know about the earliest Near Eastern scribes in his review:
May 19, 2026
A Tour of a Rebalanced Middle East
Three years of war have changed the map.
Feminism Has an Anti-Semitism Problem
How Women’s Studies made the exclusion of Jews central.
America Should Speak Up for the Jews of Kaifeng
China has cracked down on its Jewish population.
The World of Ancient Israelite Scribes
Who wrote (down) the Bible?