Israel Has a Second Chance to Defeat Hizballah. Will It Use It?
Unfinished business.
March 9, 2026
George Kennan Didn’t Think Iran Should Be Contained. He Thought It Should Be Punished
“I have wondered why our government did not simply . . . regard ourselves as at war with that country.”
The diplomat and historian George Kennan has a reputation as one of the great wisemen of American foreign policy, thanks to his role in formulating the strategy of containment pursued against the Soviet Union during the cold war. As a result, he is also remembered as a proponent of restraint: don’t try to counter the Soviets directly, he argued, just keep them in check and wait them out.
March 9, 2026
How America, Israel, and Arab States Are Working Together against Iran
A perspective from the former commander of U.S. forces in the Middle East.
George Kennan Didn’t Think Iran Should Be Contained. He Thought It Should Be Punished
“I have wondered why our government did not simply . . . regard ourselves as at war with that country.”
Franz Rosenzweig and Weimar Jewry’s Brief Religious Renaissance
Love Is Strong as Death.
The World of Women’s Yiddish Prayers
Supplications.