The Iran Deal Will Likely Be as Effective as the North Korea Deal
A spectacular failure.
July 23, 2015
A Forgotten Connection between Tisha b’Av and Purim
Ancient dirges attributed to Esther.
Tisha b’Av, which falls this Sunday, is a day of national mourning that marks the destruction of the First and Second Temples, while Purim celebrates the salvation of the Jews of Persia as described in the book of Esther. Yet Laura Lieber points to a link between them: two ancient poems that, while written in the style of Tisha b’Av dirges (kinot), are attributed to Queen Esther:
July 23, 2015
Will Europe Put an End to Hizballah’s Operations on Its Soil?
It has done little so far.
Radical Islam, Anti-Semitism, and the Left
A roundtable discussion.
A Forgotten Connection between Tisha b’Av and Purim
Ancient dirges attributed to Esther.
Who Changed F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Feelings about the Jews?
Was it his Jewish secretary?