The End of the Arab-Israeli Conflict, and What It Means for the Arab World
Arab rulers are realizing that a strong Israel is essential for their survival.
December 31, 2021
How a Pacifist Rabbi Came to Join the Marines on Iwo Jima
“Religion is a part of life, not apart from life.”
“In relation to the late war,” wrote George Orwell in 1949, “one question that every pacifist had a clear obligation to answer was: ‘What about the Jews? Are you prepared to see them exterminated?’” Such a question appears to have occurred to Rabbi Roland Gittelsohn, who was the first Jewish chaplain to serve with the Marines in World War II. Jonathan Bratten reviews Gittelsohn’s memoir of his service, written just as the war was ending and recently published for the first time.
December 31, 2021
Why Russia Won’t Help Get Iran Out of Syria
Tolerating Israeli airstrikes is as far as it will go.
Turkey Has Been Sheltering Hamas, but Israel Might Be Able to Change That
Jerusalem is in a position to drive a hard bargain.
How a Pacifist Rabbi Came to Join the Marines on Iwo Jima
“Religion is a part of life, not apart from life.”
The False Messiah Who Caused a Century of Upheaval in the Jewish World
Shabbetai Tsvi and the last global Jewish movement until modern Zionism.