As America Refocuses on Its Foreign-Policy Priorities, the End of the “Peace Process” May Have Finally Arrived
The least relevant deal of all.
October 2, 2019
Commemorating the Australian Aborigines Who Fought to Liberate the Land of Israel from the Ottoman Empire
A daring, and successful, World War I cavalry charge.
Last Wednesday, a ceremony was held in the town of Tzemaḥ, near the Sea of Galilee, unveiling a sculpture in commemoration of the battle that took place there in 1918 when Australian cavalrymen—many of whom were Aborigines—stormed a German position as part of the larger struggle between Britain and the Ottomans for control of the land. Ofer Aderet describes the encounter. (Free registration may be required.)
October 2, 2019
The Story of Cyrus the Great, Invoked by Harry Truman, Is a Cautionary as Well as a Hopeful Tale
The first movement against the Jewish right to Jerusalem.
By Attacking Saudi Arabia, Iran Has Taken a Step Beyond Proxy Warfare
So long as they go unpunished, the ayatollahs will escalate.
Abraham Joshua Heschel’s Philosophy of Jewish History, Cultivated During Nazi Rule
In This Hour.
Commemorating the Australian Aborigines Who Fought to Liberate the Land of Israel from the Ottoman Empire
A daring, and successful, World War I cavalry charge.