Saudi Arabia Thought It Could Buy Off Iran’s Yemeni Allies. It Was Wrong
Back to war with the Houthis.
July 31, 2026
Australia’s Master of Jewish Burial Rituals
Ferryman.
Ferryman, by Katia Ariel, is a biography of Ephraim Finch, the longtime leader of Melbourne’s hevra kadisha, or Jewish burial society. Alan Verskin writes in his review:
July 31, 2026
Why Morocco’s Donald J. Trump Highway Is Good News for Israel
Stopping Iranian inroads in Africa.
The Segregation of Jewish Authors
Whatever subjects they write about—unless they pose for headshot photos in keffiyehs.
Australia’s Master of Jewish Burial Rituals
Ferryman.
The Limits of Flexibility in Jewish Law
Rabbinic will doesn’t always mean a halakhic way.