How the U.S. Missed an Opportunity to Reform the Corrupt UN Organization That Keeps the Israel-Palestinian Conflict Alive
Why not restore funding with conditions?
September 10, 2021
Jonah and the Whale in the Eyes of Writers and Rabbis
An anatomy lesson, a metaphor, or a synagogue?
On the afternoon of Yom Kippur, which begins Wednesday evening, the book of Jonah is traditionally read in its entirety. Stuart Halpern surveys the way the book’s famous scene where the title character is swallowed by a “great fish” has been imagined and employed in Anglo-American culture—from Herman Melville to George Orwell. In an anatomically explicit poem, Aldous Huxley imagines the prophet “seated upon the convex mound of one vast kidney.” The talmudic sages, by contrast, were much less interested by the biological details:
September 10, 2021
The Recent Palestinian Prison Break Brings Back Bad Memories of a Previous One
Could another intifada be in the making?
Iran Is Moving Closer to Building Nuclear Weapons. The U.S. Has an Opportunity to Pit the International Community against It
The mullahs have stopped cooperation with the inspectors.
Jonah and the Whale in the Eyes of Writers and Rabbis
An anatomy lesson, a metaphor, or a synagogue?
Should Children Obey Their Birthing People?
A defense of motherhood must go beyond mockery of woke language.