Despite War, Military Cooperation between Israel and the UAE Is Flourishing
A win for the Abraham Accords.
August 7, 2025
Keeping Government Out of Religion
When the government controls who can preach, faith becomes a tool of the state.
In America, there has always been concern—some of it justified, some of it less so—about keeping religion out of politics, a conversation that has returned most recently because of changes to IRS regulations involving clerical endorsements of candidates for office. But another prerequisite of a free society is making sure that government is kept out of religion. Michael Swain considers a recent case in South Africa, where a spate of instances of religious leaders defrauding people, and worse, prompted an attempt at legislative intervention:
August 7, 2025
Lessons for Israel from the American War on al-Qaeda
The battle of Tel Afar.
Keeping Government Out of Religion
When the government controls who can preach, faith becomes a tool of the state.
A Unique Memoir of 20th-Century Jewish Dispersion
Melting Point.
Three Ancient Shipwrecks Shed Light on an Iron Age Israelite Port
Tel Dor.