The Iran Deal Is Based on a Lie
If Tehran didn’t honor its obligations, neither need Washington.
May 3, 2018
An Egyptian-Aramaic Papyrus Contains Rosh Hashanah Prayers from the 8th Century BCE
Scholars have deciphered three ancient psalms.
After the destruction of the northern kingdom of Israel by the Assyrians in the 8th century BCE, some of its subjects—member of the Ten Lost Tribes—settled in what is now the Syrian city of Palmyra, where they eventually adopted the local Aramaic language. In the 6th century BCE, likely fleeing an expansionist Babylonia, Israelites and Arameans in Syria resettled in Egypt, where they continued to live side by side. One such Israelite-Aramean community produced a remarkable text, which scholars have only recently been able to make sense of, as Karel van der Toorn writes:
May 3, 2018
Saudi-Russian Collusion to Raise Oil Prices Is Bad for the U.S.—and for Saudi Arabia
Not just an issue for American consumers.
A New Unpublished Story by Isaac Bashevis Singer
My quarrel with Berish Zhichliner.
An Egyptian-Aramaic Papyrus Contains Rosh Hashanah Prayers from the 8th Century BCE
Scholars have deciphered three ancient psalms.
How the Mossad Ran a Seaside Resort as a Front for Rescuing Ethiopian Jews
Operation Brothers.