Iran’s Recent Attack on an Israeli Vessel Has Revealed Israel’s Maritime Vulnerability
One of Tehran’s many attempts at nautical terror succeeded.
March 4, 2021
Israel’s Landmark Conversion Ruling Won’t Do Much for Actual Converts
A political football.
Earlier this week, the Israeli Supreme Court issued a ruling that conversions performed by Conservative and Reform rabbis inside Israel are to be considered valid for naturalization purposes. (Previously, this was only true of non-Orthodox conversions performed in the Diaspora.) Bethany Mandel observes:
March 4, 2021
Diagnosing the Weakness That Has Enabled European Anti-Semitism
Manfred Gerstenfeld, in memoriam.
Israel’s Landmark Conversion Ruling Won’t Do Much for Actual Converts
A political football.
Richard Wagner’s Jewish Problem—and Everybody Else’s
Wagnerism.
Are Two of the Most Promising Recent Hebrew Novels Just Too Darn Long?
A defense.