Palestinian Acceptance of Israel as the Jewish State Must Be a Prerequisite to Further Negotiations
And Washington should demand that it is.
October 19, 2018
Israel’s New High-Speed Railway and the End of Old Israel
The train ride Theodor Herzl called “torture.”
Over ten years in the making, Israel’s high-speed trains have begun running; in a few months, it will be possible to ride them from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Matti Friedman reflects on the old railway, built in 1892, that will soon be obsolete:
October 19, 2018
Has America Lost Afghanistan?
Yesterday’s attack and Washington’s lack of will.
Milton Himmelfarb’s Complex and Idiosyncratic Spirituality
A Jewish intellectual who bucked the general wisdom.
Joseph B. Soloveitchik on Jewish Law and America’s Promise
He understood his adopted country’s potential, and its vulnerabilities.
Israel’s New High-Speed Railway and the End of Old Israel
The train ride Theodor Herzl called “torture.”