Hamas’s Tactics of Attrition and Extortion Are Paying Off
Hundreds of balloon-borne explosives and a handful of rockets bring results.
February 21, 2020
Judaism Can Only Be Understood by Living Its Commands
“We shall do and we shall understand.”
At the end of this week’s Torah reading of Mishpatim (Exodus 21–24), Moses reads the terms of the Sinaitic covenant to the Israelites, who then proclaim, “All that the Lord has spoken, we will do and we will obey.” Surveying some of the various rabbinic interpretations of this statement, Jonathan Sacks focuses on that of the 15th-century Spanish scholar Isaac Arama, who reads the word usually rendered “obey” (literally, “listen”) as “understand”:
February 21, 2020
The U.S. Must Make Clear to Russia and Iran That Its Patience Has Limits
Don’t repeat the mistakes of the Obama administration.
To Combat Anti-Semitism, European Leaders Must Do More Than Make Well-Meaning Statements
Anti-Semitism cannot be defeated so long as the EU continues to authorize anti-Israel incitement.
Morris Abram’s Life-Long Struggle for Human Rights—for Jews Too
A life in full.
Judaism Can Only Be Understood by Living Its Commands
“We shall do and we shall understand.”