War Has Changed, but Territory Still Matters
A painful loss for Israel’s enemies.
March 8, 2024
Don’t Ignore the Religious Roots of Hamas’s Brutality
The atrocities weren’t a byproduct of war but an end in themselves.
Ask the Harvard students who created the offending social-media post what cause they’re supporting, and they might say something about “Palestinian rights,” or “justice in Palestine.” But Hamas is not interested in Palestinian rights, and its mission is a religious one, to which the barbarism displayed on October 7 is essential. Alvin Rosenfeld writes:
March 8, 2024
Meet the New Anti-Zionism, Same as the Old Anti-Zionism
What attracted Harvard students to a 1960s anti-Semitic cartoon?
Don’t Ignore the Religious Roots of Hamas’s Brutality
The atrocities weren’t a byproduct of war but an end in themselves.
A Piece of 11th-Century Technology Displays Muslim-Jewish Scientific Collaboration
The astrolabe of Verona.
When Conservative Rabbis Argued about Ordaining Women
A dispute between the old world and the new?