In Postwar Syria, It’s Hard to Tell Where the Assad Regime Ends and Iranian Control Starts
Hizballah takes up positions in the Golan.
December 5, 2018
Hanukkah’s Message of Jewish Resilience in the Face of Persecution Remains as Relevant Today as in 160 BCE
Two competing responses to blood in the sanctuary.
“Thus they shed innocent blood on every side of the sanctuary, and defiled it. . . . [Jerusalem’s] sanctuary was laid waste like a wilderness, her feasts were turned into mourning, her Sabbaths into reproach, her honor into contempt.” So reads the opening chapter of the first book of Maccabees in its description of the Seleucid persecutions. The image of blood in a place of Jewish worship struck a chord with Danny Schiff, who serves as a rabbi in Pittsburgh, leading him to reflect on the meaning of Hanukkah:
December 5, 2018
The U.S. Isn’t Involved in the Middle East in Order to Support Israel. It Supports Israel because It’s Involved in the Middle East
What the president misunderstands about the alliance.
To Defend Terrorism, Palestinian Factions Set Aside Their Differences
Fatah doesn’t want the UN to condemn its bitter enemy, Hamas.
Hanukkah’s Message of Jewish Resilience in the Face of Persecution Remains as Relevant Today as in 160 BCE
Two competing responses to blood in the sanctuary.
In Search of the Queen of Sheba, and Also the Ark of the Covenant
Excavations in Ethiopia may shed some light on the biblical story.