Explaining the United Arab Emirates’ Recent Meetings with the Leaders of Syria, Israel, and Egypt
A tale of three summits.
March 28, 2022
An Archaeologist Might Have Found the Oldest Known Hebrew Text
A “curse tablet” bearing the name of God.
According to a group of scholars led by Scott Stripling, a two-centimeter-by-two-centimeter lead tablet bears the earliest example of writing in a very early form of the Hebrew script. The finding has not yet been formally published, and awaits verification by other experts, but could have major implications for the study of biblical history. Amanda Borschel-Dan writes:
March 28, 2022
The Middle East Studies Association Boycotts the Middle East
Scholars searching for evidence of their obtuse preconceptions demonstrate their inability to comprehend the region they are called to explain.
How Electronic Currency Helps Right-Wing Anti-Semites
Crypto-fascism.
An Archaeologist Might Have Found the Oldest Known Hebrew Text
A “curse tablet” bearing the name of God.
Understanding the Last of the Great East European Rabbis
Chaim Kanievsky, of blessed memory.