Improving the Gazan Economy Won’t Mollify Terrorists
For Hamas, the wellbeing of Gaza’s residents is a consideration, not a constraint.
January 4, 2022
Drinking Beer in Pre-Biblical Israel
But was the beverage mentioned in the Tanakh?
While wine appears to be the drink of choice in the Hebrew Bible, frequent reference is also made to shekhar, which the King James Version renders as “strong drink” and rabbinic commentators tend to understand as old, very strong wine. Some modern scholars, however, believe it to be beer. Regardless, there is little doubt that ancient Israelites were familiar with the beverage, which had been brewed in the Promised Land millennia before Moses. Nathan Steinmeyer reports on the findings of recent archaeological research on the subject:
January 4, 2022
The Archbishop of Canterbury Blamed Israel for Palestinian Muslims’ Persecution of Christians
Apologizing for crimes against Jews committed eight centuries ago, while slandering the Jewish state.
By Trying to Restrain Israel, the White House Is Sending the Wrong Message to Iran
On the anniversary of the death of a terrorist mastermind, President Biden can learn an important lesson from his predecessor.
Harry Houdini, Jewish Entrepreneur
If his Jewish practice was thin, his attachments were not.
Drinking Beer in Pre-Biblical Israel
But was the beverage mentioned in the Tanakh?