Why Killing the Hamas Chairman Could Prevent Escalation
The death of a failed predecessor can have a clarifying effect.
August 2, 2024
A New Eruv Reflects British Jewry’s Newfound Self-Confidence
Carry on Shabbat.
An eruv (literally, “merger”) is an elaborate fiction in Jewish law that allows the observant to skirt the prohibition on carrying objects out of doors on the Sabbath. Usually involving the symbolic enclosure of an area of a city with telephone poles and strings, an eruv tends to require the cooperation of municipal authorities. Simon Rocker explains how English Jewry’s attitude toward this institution has changed in recent years:
August 2, 2024
How Hamas Maximizes Civilian Casualties in Gaza
A report from the first American general to visit the war zone.
The Addictive Pleasures of Anti-Semitism
A question of metaphors.
A New Eruv Reflects British Jewry’s Newfound Self-Confidence
Carry on Shabbat.
A 2,000-Year-Old Stone Quarry Discovered in Jerusalem
Likely from a Herodian building project.