Barack Obama Flies to Ireland to Bash Israel
A case of Jimmy Carter syndrome.
October 16, 2026
Medieval Jewish Books Come to Sotheby’s
Elaborate prayerbooks and a rare rabbinic text.
Some of the rarest and most fascinating Jewish books are held in libraries; others are sometimes discovered in synagogue basements and desert caverns. And others from time to time appear at auction houses. Anthea Gerrie notes some recent, and impressive, examples:
October 16, 2026
The Gulf States Spend Enormous Sums on the Best Weapons, and Have Little to Show for It
Behind Saudi Arabia’s Houthi problem.
Candace Owens Dresses Her Anti-Semitism in Catholic Garb
A new generation of online propagators of hate.
Persecuted Everywhere, the Baha’i Flourish in Israel
A shrine to double standards.
Medieval Jewish Books Come to Sotheby’s
Elaborate prayerbooks and a rare rabbinic text.