Israel’s Latest Strike on the Houthis Gives Hope to Their Yemeni Opponents
A psychological blow.
September 5, 2025
Does Judaism Really Endorse Rabbinic Infallibility?
“Do not deviate to the left or to the right.”
Referring to judges and priests, Deuteronomy 17:11, read in synagogues this Shabbat, states, “You shall not deviate from what they tell you, to the right or to the left.” Rabbi Solomon ben Isaac (Rashi), in his classic commentary, cites a somewhat troubling older rabbinic teaching that understands this verse as meaning that the words of the sages should be followed “even if they tell you that right is left, and left is right.” Could the talmudic rabbis, who so often encouraged argument and dissent, really advocate what seems like almost-Stalinist adherence to authority?
September 5, 2025
A Released Hostage Tells His Story
Eli Sharabi’s memoir of captivity.
Does Judaism Really Endorse Rabbinic Infallibility?
“Do not deviate to the left or to the right.”
Four-Millennium Old Wicks Found in Central Israel
The oldest such discovery in the world.
Confronting the Genocide Libel
A real scholar speaks to the New Yorker.