Why Wasn’t Israel Prepared for Hamas’s Assault?
The IDF has become much smaller, less disciplined, less well trained, and much too reliant on airstrikes.
October 10, 2023
A Father’s Story of a Family Taken Hostage
“I’m in a different world than the one I was in yesterday.”
Last Friday, Yoni Asher said goodbye to his wife and daughters—ages four and two—as they went to spend the holiday weekend with his mother-in-law at Kibbutz Nir Oz. The next morning he learned that terrorists had attacked the kibbutz, located in southern Israel. He later told his story to Adam Rasgon:
October 10, 2023
Why Hamas Misunderstands Israel
And an answer to the moral preening of those who condemn the Jewish state.
Israel Is at War. How Can America Help?
A new approach to Hamas and Qatar.
A Father’s Story of a Family Taken Hostage
“I’m in a different world than the one I was in yesterday.”
Finding Meaning in War, Crisis, and Defeat
A rabbi’s reflections on the Yom Kippur War may bear some relevance today.