The Case against Returning to the Iran Deal
In return for merely postponing its nuclear program, the agreement rewarded Iran extravagantly.
January 26, 2021
In Attending to Its Oldest and Youngest Members, Israel Chooses Life
A country that expresses reverence for those who come before will seek its own perpetuation.
Considering two anomalous statistics about the Jewish state—the first, that it has by far the world’s highest rate of coronavirus vaccination; the second, that it is the only rich, Westernized country with a rising birthrate—Meir Soloveichik looks to the Deuteronomic commandment, “choose life, that thou and thy children shall live.” He writes of the first statistic:
January 26, 2021
In Attending to Its Oldest and Youngest Members, Israel Chooses Life
A country that expresses reverence for those who come before will seek its own perpetuation.
A Former Soviet Dissident Observes a Current Russian One
Alexei Navalny doesn’t seek to avoid prison, but to defeat Putin.
What Yiddish Letter-Writing Guides Reveal about Jews’ Journey into Modernity
“You have robbed yourself of time and us—our health!”
An Ancient Mosque in Northern Israel May Be the Oldest Unearthed Anywhere
Built near a church, and perhaps a synagogue as well.