How Israel and Bahrain Can Build on the Foundations of Peace
Adding trade to security cooperation.
September 1, 2023
A Forgotten Medieval Author of Didactic Hebrew Poetry
Yedaya ha-Penini’s Book of the Orchard.
Little is known about Yedaya ha-Penini (ca. 1285–1340) except that he wrote several works of arcane religious poetry, following in the footsteps of his father Abraham of Béziers. Both were products of a Provençal Jewish culture that was heavily influenced by, but distinct from, that of nearby Spanish Jewry. Tamar Marvin reviews a recently published English translation of Penini’s poetic ethical discourse Sefer ha-Pardes, “The Book of the Orchard.”
September 1, 2023
Why Is the White House Hiding the Truth about Its Iran Envoy?
Robert Malley was doing exactly what he was hired to do.
The Year Palestinian Nationalism Became Malign and Self-Destructive
1936, annus horribilis.
A Forgotten Medieval Author of Didactic Hebrew Poetry
Yedaya ha-Penini’s Book of the Orchard.
Finding Traces of Jewish History in the Bronx
Stars of David and Hebrew names reveal churches as former synagogues.