Why an American Consulate in Jerusalem Would Damage the Cause of Peace
It gives Palestinian leaders false hope that the city will one day be the capital of a Palestinian state.
October 28, 2021
Why Cemeteries Matter
“The improvements made by the dead form a charge against the living.”
Increasingly, Americans are choosing post-mortem options other than traditional burial, including cremation and “body composting.” While, in 2010, 53 percent of the dead were interred, by 2015 the number was 45 percent, and is expected to be a mere 37 percent in 2021. Judaism is particularly insistent on burial in the earth as the sole correct way to honor the dead—this week’s Torah reading begins with a description of Abraham purchasing the plot in which to bury his wife Sarah—and both Christianity and Islam have traditionally preferred burial as well. Rachel K. Alexander describes what can be lost as a secularizing society abandons the practice:
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The Recent Iranian Attack on U.S. Forces Sends a Message to Washington and Jerusalem
Iran, Turkey, Russia, and Bashar al-Assad all want the Americans out.
Why Cemeteries Matter
“The improvements made by the dead form a charge against the living.”
Using Holocaust Imagery to Protest Public-Health Measures Is an Offense to Jews and to Reason
Vaccine passports are not yellow stars.
Instead of Blaming Facebook for Our Problems, We Should Look Inward
Jonathan Sacks, morality, and algorithms.