The Danger of a Nuclear Iran Is Reason Enough to Go to War
Even if the Islamic Republic doesn’t use the bomb—and especially because it might.
March 17, 2026
How Robert Browning Found Abraham Ibn Ezra
The Victorian poet and the Spanish rabbi.
While the poet, philosopher, and biblical exegete Abraham ben Meir Ibn Ezra (ca. 1090–1164) traveled a lot for a rabbi of his time, he never made it to the Land of Israel. Today, he would only be known to scholars a medieval Spain and students of rabbinic Torah commentary were it not for Robert Browning, who memorialized him with the poem “Rabbi Ben Ezra.” The poem, first published in 1864, opens with the memorable lines: “Grow old along with me!/ The best is yet to be.” Brandon Marlon investigates how Browning came to be aware of Ibn Ezra, and why he chose him to be the source of the poem’s wisdom:
March 17, 2026
The Pornographic Appeal of Anti-Semitism
Susan Abulhawa, sadism, and the draw of the taboo.
After the Michigan Attack, Jews Must Change Some of Their Assumptions
Twenty miles from America’s jihad capital.
Why a Group of Medieval French Rabbis Set Off for the Land of Israel
Legends, facts, and crusaders.
How Robert Browning Found Abraham Ibn Ezra
The Victorian poet and the Spanish rabbi.