Hizballah Bears Responsibility for the Beirut Blast
There are no prizes for guessing who in Lebanon might be interested in storing such vast quantities of explosive material.
August 6, 2020
Lessons in Political Humility from the Talmud’s Tale of the Temple’s Destruction
Rabbi Yoḥanan, COVID-19, and the Arab spring.
A historian answering the question of why the Second Temple was destroyed might cite changes within the Roman empire itself, religious and political conflict among the Judeans, and even anti-Semitic unrest in Egypt. By contrast, the Talmud presents a much narrower explanation, imbued with its own theological notions about history. The Israeli general and strategist Gershon Hacohen examines this passage in search of political wisdom:
August 6, 2020
No, Benjamin Netanyahu Didn’t Bully a Television News Network to Fire Journalists
The real issue is the Ashkenazi-Sephardi divide.
Lessons in Political Humility from the Talmud’s Tale of the Temple’s Destruction
Rabbi Yoḥanan, COVID-19, and the Arab spring.
How Pious Jews Hid a Hasidic Rabbi’s Grave from the Communists
In the mega-shtetl of Berdichev.
Preserving the Legacy of the Jews of Murcia
The only Spanish synagogue not turned into a church.