The War with Hamas Is Presenting Egypt with New Problems
Israel will soon start destroying the tunnels connecting it to Gaza.
December 29, 2023
A Medieval Aramaic Hanukkah Ballad
The Scroll of Antiochus in its many forms.
Hanukkah may have come and gone, but since it’s still December I hope it’s not too late to share Cambridge University Library’s “fragment of the month” from the famous collection of Jewish manuscripts known as the Cairo Genizah. To understand this fragment, one must be familiar with the now-forgotten Aramaic text on which it is based, Marc Michaels writes.
December 29, 2023
Only a Tough American Response Will Stop Iran’s War on Global Commerce
Tehran must pay a price for Red Sea piracy.
For Israelis, Children Represent Survival
A Lapsed Atheist Confronts the Perils of a Post-Post-Christian Era
Religion isn’t a weapon in anybody’s culture war.
A Medieval Aramaic Hanukkah Ballad
The Scroll of Antiochus in its many forms.