Try as It Might, the U.S. Can’t Disengage from the Middle East
Hasty withdrawals lead to hasty re-engagements.
April 9, 2019
An Ancient Depiction of a Nine-Branched Menorah Discovered in the Negev
Religious observance on the fringes of Judea.
While the menorah in the Jerusalem Temples, like that described in the book of Exodus, had seven branches, the menorah traditionally used for the holiday of Hanukkah has nine. The former type is one of the most common motifs of ancient Jewish art; the latter rarely appears at all. But during excavations of a Second Temple-era village near the southern Israeli city of Beersheba, archaeologists have found a potsherd depicting a nine-branched candelabrum. Amanda Borschel-Dan writes:
April 9, 2019
How Soviet Propaganda and an Affection for Dictators Turned South Africa against Israel
Where BDS is policy.
In France Now, Anti-Semitism Is Both Ubiquitous and Invisible—Just as It Was a Century Ago
Alain Finkielkraut and Charles Péguy.
An Ancient Depiction of a Nine-Branched Menorah Discovered in the Negev
Religious observance on the fringes of Judea.
A German Army Seder in the Midst of World War I
Led by the future rector of Hebrew University.