Should Israel Shift Strategies from Attack to Siege?
Time to declare victory.
July 28, 2025
Eastern Europe’s Great Jewish Public Library and Its Patrons
Shakespeare, Rabbi Hayim Soloveitchik, Tolstoy in Yiddish, and a Hebrew biography of Jesus.
Matityahu Strashun (1817–1885) of Vilna—then in the Russian empire—looked every bit the part of a traditional Orthodox rabbi; and he was, but he was also influenced by the more moderate strains of the Haskalah, or Jewish Enlightenment. Upon his death, he established a public Jewish library. Dan Rabinowitz describes its VIP guestbook:
July 28, 2025
Claims of Famine Are Currently Hamas’s Strongest Weapon
Exploiting a sick child to create a Palestinian pietà.
How the Republican Jewish Committee Found Success
The end of bipartisanship.
Eastern Europe’s Great Jewish Public Library and Its Patrons
Shakespeare, Rabbi Hayim Soloveitchik, Tolstoy in Yiddish, and a Hebrew biography of Jesus.
Gold Jewelry in the Galilee
A testimony to the wealth of the Roman era.