Why Is Washington Prepared to Offer Iran Sanctions Relief in Exchange for Nothing?
Hope is not a strategy.
July 15, 2021
A Mezuzah in Dubai Symbolizes the Normalization of Judaism in Israel
How secular Zionism came to terms with religion.
Although David Ben-Gurion was an enthusiastic reader of the Hebrew Bible, the Labor Zionism he espoused was essentially secular, while cultural Zionists such as Ahad Ha’am likewise sought to overthrow religious traditionalism. Much has changed since then, writes David Eliezrie, and the fact that the current prime minister wears a kippah is only a small part of that story. Perhaps more significant, Eliezrie notes, is an unnoticed gesture by Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, the embodiment of Israel’s secular, liberal, cosmopolitan elite, whose father led a political party that was nakedly anti-religious.
July 15, 2021
When Islamists Go Woke
The long march through progressive institutions.
A Mezuzah in Dubai Symbolizes the Normalization of Judaism in Israel
How secular Zionism came to terms with religion.
How Solomon Ibn Gabirol Transformed One of the Darkest Passages in the Bible into a Poem of Hope
On the Ninth of Av, Oholah and Oholibah speak.
The Walls of Jerusalem, Discovered in Time for the Anniversary of Their Destruction
Built in the 8th or 7th century BCE.