Iran and Russia Are Growing Closer
Putin’s foreign minister entertained Hizballah in Moscow.
August 6, 2021
Haredi Parties Are Considering the Separation of Religion and State
The lessons of powerlessness.
For the first time in many years, Israel’s ḥaredi parties are not included in the governing coalition. As a result, they are unable to stop the current government’s efforts to reform the chief rabbinate—which include measures currently before the Knesset that would break the rabbinate’s monopoly on kosher certification. Haviv Rettig Gur examines the response of ḥaredi leaders, focusing on those who have suggested the most radical of steps:
August 6, 2021
Haredi Parties Are Considering the Separation of Religion and State
The lessons of powerlessness.
Britain’s Coming Crisis of Returning Jihadists
Some former members of Islamic State are just waiting for the next opportunity to fight.
No, Grandparents Aren’t Spending Too Much Time with Their Grandchildren
Whatever an economics professor says.
The World’s first Weightlifting Champion Was a Proud Jew
Edward Lawrence Levy, Muskeljude.