To Undermine Russian and Iranian Influence in Syria, the U.S. Must Go on the Offensive
In coordination with Israel.
March 22, 2018
How the Talmud Deals with Cases Where Evidentiary Standards Interfere with Justice
Death by barley?
In the talmudic system of criminal justice—which had ceased to be operative by the time the Talmud was redacted—the standards of evidence for a capital conviction are extremely high. Thus, in one case, a rabbi reports having seen one man chase another into a building while waving a sword; when the rabbi entered, he found the first holding a bloody sword, standing over the other’s corpse. The rabbi lamented that there were no grounds for convicting the murderer. Sarah Zager comments on how the talmudic sages addressed what they saw as a flaw in their own system:
March 22, 2018
How Menachem Begin Saved Israel in 1948
Remember the Altalena.
Amnesty for Islamic State Fighters Is Not the Answer
Don’t encourage the next generation of jihad tourism.
The World’s Oldest Torah Scrolls
From a 3rd-century synagogue to the Library of Congress.
How the Talmud Deals with Cases Where Evidentiary Standards Interfere with Justice
Death by barley?