Israel’s Latest Strike on the Houthis Gives Hope to Their Yemeni Opponents
A psychological blow.
Latest Editors’ Picks
Friday, September 5
A Released Hostage Tells His Story
Eli Sharabi’s memoir of captivity.
Does Judaism Really Endorse Rabbinic Infallibility?
“Do not deviate to the left or to the right.”
Four-Millennium Old Wicks Found in Central Israel
The oldest such discovery in the world.
Confronting the Genocide Libel
A real scholar speaks to the New Yorker.
Past Editors’ Picks
Thursday, September 4
In-Person Religious Services Are Better for Your Health Than the Online Kind
Results of a new study.
The Women of Jerusalem’s Most Insular Hasidic Sect
Sitting and sewing.
The Phantom Anti-Christians at the Heart of the New Rightwing Anti-Semitism
The isolationism of fools?
Although Well Intentioned, the Israeli Protest Movement Strengthens Hamas
The problem with “bring them home now.”
Al Jazeera Journalists Get Hamas to Torture Their Competition, While Abu Obeida’s Word Reigns Supreme
The killing of a Hamas spokesman may spell the beginning of the end for the terrorist group.
Wednesday, September 3
Israel Shouldn’t Trade Military Accomplishments for Unenforceable Promises
The dangers of diplomacy.
By Killing Abu Obeida, Israel Scored a Victory in the Information War
Death of a spokesman.
How Anti-Israel Protesters Escape the Law
Within Our Lifetime and New York City’s idle prosecutors.
The Talmud’s Explanation for the Decline of the Idolatrous Impulse
Perhaps it lives on in a new form.
Decoding Jewish Liturgical Poetry
The rise and significance of piyyut.
Tuesday, September 2
As the IDF Prepares for a Renewed Offensive, Hamas Starts to Panic
Israelis should pay more attention to what their enemies are saying.
Why Iran Terrorizes Jews across the Globe
Lessons from Australia.
The Grotesque Assault on Prayer after the Slaughter of Praying Children
In defense of “thoughts and prayers.”
Exploration of the Siloam Dam Testifies to the Importance of Ancient Jerusalem
Massive civil engineering from 2,800 years ago.
Jewish Resilience in New Orleans
Two decades after Katrina, the community is thriving.
Friday, August 29
After Decades of Failure, UNIFIL Is Coming to an End
Lebanon will say farewell to a 47-year-old interim force.
China Is Filling Russia’s Shoes as Iran’s Superpower Patron
But its goals are more modest.
The Twisted Moral Cosmology of Anti-Zionism
The suicide bomber now flows seamlessly into the icon of the Palestinian Christ.
Deuteronomy’s Judicial Revolution
Separation of powers.
How Chaim Potok’s Fiction Exposes the Music of Religious Life
Revisiting The Chosen.
Thursday, August 28
Iran Is Organizing Attacks on Australian Jews
Canberra at last starts to get wise.
The West Must Seize the Opportunity to Resume Sanctions on Iran
Tomorrow is the last chance for “snapback.”
To a Darling of the Leftist Literary World, Israel Is the Root of All Evil
Pankaj Mishra’s “The Shoah after Gaza.”
A Jewish Boy from Brooklyn Makes It to Manhattan
Revisiting “the longest journey in the world.”
The Pagan Wish for Designer Babies
Embryo screening vs. the Judeo-Christian tradition.