The War Is Crippling Iran’s Economy, Not America’s
The Islamic Republic has lost most of its Persian Gulf commerce.
September 30, 2026
A Young Israeli Loses Faith in Her Arab Compatriots, and Her American Coreligionists
The bridges that can’t be built.
A longtime participant in both American Zionist summer camps and Israeli programs designed to bring Jewish and Arab children together, Tamar Frank had been raised to be the kind of responsible, bridge-building citizen that many Israelis have long believed their future requires. But, after October 7, she saw Arab friends celebrating the attacks on their Instagram accounts, and an American campmate told her that she supports Israel’s right to exist but not the IDF. Frank explains to Daniel Gordis why she sees no pathway to a future with neighbors who hate Israel, nor much reason to maintain ties with American Jews who can only love a sanitized version of it. Her faith in Israeli society, however, remains unshaken. (Audio, 42 minutes, with transcript.)
September 30, 2026
A Young Israeli Loses Faith in Her Arab Compatriots, and Her American Coreligionists
The bridges that can’t be built.
Stricter Laws against Disruptive Protests Don’t Challenge the First Amendment
Blocking roads isn’t speech, but civil terrorism.
Sukkot in a Jewish State
From work schedules to advertising, one feels what it’s like to be in the majority.
The Jewish War Brides of the Holocaust
Matches made by trauma.