Why Is Washington Prepared to Offer Iran Sanctions Relief in Exchange for Nothing?
Hope is not a strategy.
July 15, 2021
How Solomon Ibn Gabirol Transformed One of the Darkest Passages in the Bible into a Poem of Hope
On the Ninth of Av, Oholah and Oholibah speak.
On Tisha b’Av, which begins this Saturday night, Jews commemorate the anniversary of the destruction of the two temples, alongside other historical calamities. The traditional service for the day involves the recitation of numerous elegies, known by their traditional Hebrew name as kinot. In some Ashkenazi communities, the final kinah is one authored by the great 11th-century philosopher-poet Solomon Ibn Gabirol. The poem is a dialogue based on Ezekiel 23, where the northern kingdom of Israel (Samaria) and the southern kingdom of Judah are addressed, respectively, as Oholah and Oholibah—two adulterous sisters whose promiscuity serves as a metaphor for the Jews’ betrayal of God. Yosef Lindell analyzes it:
July 15, 2021
When Islamists Go Woke
The long march through progressive institutions.
A Mezuzah in Dubai Symbolizes the Normalization of Judaism in Israel
How secular Zionism came to terms with religion.
How Solomon Ibn Gabirol Transformed One of the Darkest Passages in the Bible into a Poem of Hope
On the Ninth of Av, Oholah and Oholibah speak.
The Walls of Jerusalem, Discovered in Time for the Anniversary of Their Destruction
Built in the 8th or 7th century BCE.