What Israeli Intelligence Learned about the Iran Agreement
The U.S. conceded on every major issue, one by one.
July 31, 2015
How and Why the Talmud Made a “Jewish Valentine’s Day”
The origins of Tu b’Av.
The minor holiday of Tu b’Av (the fifteenth day of the month of Av) is primarily described in rabbinic sources as a day of consolation, marking the reconciliation between Israel and God after the destruction of the first Temple, commemorated six days earlier on Tisha b’Av. The Talmud also mentions a ritual in which unmarried women would sing and dance to attract potential husbands. The Talmud explains this ritual with reference to another national tragedy, described at the end of the book of Judges: the bloody civil war between Benjamin and the other Israelite tribes, provoked by a woman’s brutal gang rape by Benjaminite thugs. Shraga Bar-On explains:
July 31, 2015
Europe Tries to Restart the “Peace Process”
Creating turbulence in the one place there’s calm.
How and Why the Talmud Made a “Jewish Valentine’s Day”
The origins of Tu b’Av.
A Rare Roman Coin Tells How the Destruction of Jerusalem Became Part of Imperial Propaganda
Was Judea captured, or recaptured?
“Huffington Post” Outsources its Arabic Site to the Muslim Brotherhood
By naming two Islamist editors.