Why Abdul El-Sayed’s Beliefs and Associations Matter
The Democratic Senate candidate plays coy in response to questions about his Muslim Brotherhood affiliations.
October 22, 2026
A Persian-Arabic Lexicon in a Collection of Afghan Jewish Documents
A study sheet for a medieval official?
In the early 2010s, experts became aware of a trove of hundreds of manuscript fragments found in a cave in northern Afghanistan, written in Hebrew, Aramaic, Judeo-Arabic, and Judeo-Persian between the 11th and 13th centuries. Connected to a family living in the city of Bamiyan, these documents became known as the Afghan Genizah, although they are not from a genizah—a repository for discarded sacred texts—in the technical sense. Kevin Blankinship describes a vocabulary list from the collection:
October 22, 2026
Israel’s New, More Aggressive “Konseptzia”
After the disaster of October 7, has Israel developed a new understanding of its security?
New York Opts into the Federal Scholarship-Tax-Credit Program
The decision may have a profoundly positive effect on Jewish education in the state.
Why Young Americans Are Living Life Alone
Dating, marriage, and fertility are all in decline.
A Persian-Arabic Lexicon in a Collection of Afghan Jewish Documents
A study sheet for a medieval official?