Kanye West, J.D. Vance, and Identifying the Threats to the Jews
At some point, it doesn’t matter how a person becomes your enemy.
January 29, 2026
How Archaeologists Uncovered the History of T’filin
Two-millennium-old parchments.
Last week’s Torah reading included Exodus 13, which mentions the commandment known to rabbinic Judaism as t’filin (phylacteries)—leather boxes, placed on the arm and forehead during prayer, containing parchment with scriptural passages written on it. Yonatan Adler tells the story of the discovery of t’filin dating back at least to the 1st century CE.
January 29, 2026
Even Dead Palestinians Aren’t Spared Hamas’s Depredations
A Gazan’s perspective on the return of Ran Gvili.
The Media’s Israel Obsession Is at the Root of Other Distortions
The illusion of centrality.
How Archaeologists Uncovered the History of T’filin
Two-millennium-old parchments.
Mark Twain, Man of God
Although hailed by atheists, the philo-Semitic humorist was in fact deeply religious.