Libya Gave Up Its Nuclear Aspirations Completely. Can Iran Be Induced to Do the Same?
When America showed its willingness to use force.
April 18, 2025
Why a Jewish Painter Put Jesus in His Israeli Passover Scene
A first seder, not a last supper.
It is widely believed that Jesus’ famous last supper prior to his death was a seder, although there is some dispute about this among contemporary scholars. But this connection was certainly in the mind of the Romanian-born Israeli artist Reuven Rubin in 1950, when he painted First Seder in Jerusalem. Stuart Halpern describes the work:
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The Attack on Governor Shapiro Is Symptomatic of the Pro-Palestinian Movement
The correct Jewish response comes straight out of the Haggadah.
Harvard’s Former President Goes Wobbly on Anti-Semitism
Perhaps Larry Summers sees anti-Semitism as a temporary but unfortunate illness.
Why a Jewish Painter Put Jesus in His Israeli Passover Scene
A first seder, not a last supper.
For the Rabbis, There Was No Limit to the Honor Due One’s Parents
Old age and the Fifth Commandment.