Hamas’s Made-Up Casualty Figures
Statistical analysis points to sheer fabrication.
March 11, 2024
Flutes, Funerals, and Jewish Music History
From Jeremiah to klezmer.
While contemporary rabbinic law forbids musical instruments at funerals, this was not always the case. Matt Austerklein explains that flutes in particular were in ancient times associated with mourning by Jews, as seen from Jeremiah’s comment, “Like a flute my heart moans.”
March 11, 2024
Jews Still Go to Central London, but They Probably Don’t Feel Safe
The truth about the “no-go zones.”
On the Defacing of a Portrait of Lord Balfour
Kaddish for a friend of the Jews.
Charles Lindbergh’s St. Louis Legacy
Cancelation isn’t coming for the anti-Semitic aviator.
Flutes, Funerals, and Jewish Music History
From Jeremiah to klezmer.