Israel Can Use Iranian Attacks on Global Shipping to Its Advantage
Signs of the Islamic Republic’s weakness?
August 4, 2021
Emmy Noether Was Kept Out of German Universities First Because She Was a Woman, and Then Because She Was a Jew
Einstein called her a “creative mathematical genius.”
This year marked the 100th anniversary of the publication of a groundbreaking paper in the area of mathematics known as ring theory by a German Jew named Emmy Noether—whom Albert Einstein would later describe as a “creative mathematical genius.” When Noether completed her doctorate in 1909, at the age of twenty-seven, women were barred from the faculties of German universities. She only obtained a position as a lecturer in 1919. Tamar Lichter Blanks tells her story:
August 4, 2021
Israeli Settlers Have Helped Their Bedouin Neighbors, Whom the Palestinian Authority and the EU Have Kept Living in Shacks
Resolving the Khan al-Ahmar dispute.
Understanding the Enduring Greatness of Rashi’s Commentary on the Pentateuch
The 11th-century rabbi balanced accessibility and sophistication.
The IDF Rescue Team That Recovered Most of the Dead in the Surfside Disaster
Solving the most gruesome of puzzles.
Emmy Noether Was Kept Out of German Universities First Because She Was a Woman, and Then Because She Was a Jew
Einstein called her a “creative mathematical genius.”