Hebron’s Restless Palestinian Clans, and Israel’s Missed Opportunity
Did a new vision for Judea and Samaria come too late?
July 9, 2025
A Wartime Visit to One of Morocco’s Great Jewish Pilgrimage Sites
The hilula of Judah Ibn Attar.
Judah ben Jacob Ibn Attar (1655–1733) was a prominent Moroccan talmudist, the chief judge of the rabbinic court in Fez, and the author of a Torah commentary. He did much to codify and organize local Jewish custom and jurisprudence. As is the case with many hasidic and northwest African rabbis, the anniversary of Ibn Attar’s death is an occasion for a celebration, known as a hilula. Given Ibn Attar’s prominence, Jews still make a pilgrimage to Fez for the occasion, which, this year, fell out during the war with Iran—and still managed to attract some 150 Jews from abroad, most of them from France. Ayelet Mamo Shay describes the experience:
July 9, 2025
Why Hizballah Didn’t Join in the Twelve-Day War
It’s busy preparing for the next one.
Jews, for the Most Part, Remain Loyal Democrats
A closer look at the 2024 Jewish vote.
A Wartime Visit to One of Morocco’s Great Jewish Pilgrimage Sites
The hilula of Judah Ibn Attar.
A Historian Returns to His Grandmother’s Shtetl
Simnas, Lithuania—and its empty synagogue.