How a Secular Woman from Tel Aviv Rose to the Top of Israel’s National-Religious Political Bloc
The story of Ayelet Shaked.
August 8, 2019
Hamas’s Plans for the New Ceasefire? Loading Up on Guns and Missiles
Peace is just a chance to reload.
In May, Israel and Hamas—along with Hamas’s terrorist ally/rival Islamic Jihad—agreed to a six-month ceasefire after Hamas had launched several hundred rockets into Israeli territory, killing four. Rather than using the guarantee of peace and quiet to focus on civilian concerns—schools, unemployment, and the like—Hamas and Islamic Jihad are doing what they’ve always done, writes Khaled Abu Toameh: loading up on guns and missiles.
August 8, 2019
Tracing One Jewish Joke Through Its Many Tellings
“I am tired and thirsty, I must have . . .”
Hamas’s Plans for the New Ceasefire? Loading Up on Guns and Missiles
Peace is just a chance to reload.
What Happened When We Tried to Count the Number of Reform Jews in Israel
Reform might function as a political identifier there, not a religious one.
Avraham Sutzkever’s Astonishing Escape from the Vilna Ghetto
The great poet safely traversed a minefield by counting in poetic meters.