How Yasir Arafat Drove Christians from Bethlehem
’Tis the season to bash Israel.
December 28, 2020
In Israel, Conservative Legal Thought Comes into Its Own
The Law and Liberty Forum.
The newly created Israel Law and Liberty Forum seeks to model itself after America’s Federalist Society—an organization for promoting constitutional jurisprudence that has come to have a major influence over conservative judicial appointments. Led by Aylana Meisel and Yonatan Green and backed by the Tikvah Fund, the group seeks to cultivate new thinking and a new approach in a country where a single judicial philosophy—drawing on certain strands of European and American jurisprudence—has dominated for decades. Nettanel Slyomovics writes:
December 28, 2020
The Belgian Ban on Kosher Slaughter Shows the Hollowness of European Concern about Anti-Semitism
Hypocrisy laid bare.
In Israel, Conservative Legal Thought Comes into Its Own
The Law and Liberty Forum.
Reviving the Date Palms of Ancient Judea—and Discovering Their Origins
Meet Methuselah, Hannah, and Adam.
A New History of Jewish Food Covers Everything from Biblical Garlic to Crisco, Peanut Oil, and Hungarian Cholent
Feasting and fasting.