The Challenges of Israel’s Looming Offensive in Gaza City
The largest and most complex battle of the war.
August 22, 2025
Is Kosher Slaughter a Commandment or a Concession?
The morals and metaphysics of eating meat.
A large portion of this week’s Torah reading of R’eh is concerned with the laws of kashrut. Besides the list of animals that may and may not be eaten, there is also this passage:
August 22, 2025
America Must Demand That Iran Dismantle Its Nuclear Program
Along with its ballistic missiles.
Israel’s Flourishing Relationship with Africa
Trade, technological and security cooperation, and travel.
Is Kosher Slaughter a Commandment or a Concession?
The morals and metaphysics of eating meat.
A Jew Gets into a Bar Fight in a Ukrainian City in 1974
From the memoirs of a Soviet Jewish district attorney.