Jews Were Collateral Damage in Last Week’s Elections
Left and right are learning the wrong lessons.
November 9, 2026
Talmud Chronicles.
Throughout the Middle Ages, numerous rabbis produced various digests and summaries of the Talmud, stripping away tales, anecdotes, and meandering debates to create a user-friendly collection of laws. Talmud Chronicles, a new book by Rabbi Zalman Eisenstock, attempts to do the opposite. Simon Rocker writes:
Left and right are learning the wrong lessons.
Policies, not ethnicity.
Iranian and Turkish encroachment.
Matchmaker, matchmaker . . .
Talmud Chronicles.
Throughout the Middle Ages, numerous rabbis produced various digests and summaries of the Talmud, stripping away tales, anecdotes, and meandering debates to create a user-friendly collection of laws. Talmud Chronicles, a new book by Rabbi Zalman Eisenstock, attempts to do the opposite. Simon Rocker writes:
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