Inside Israel’s Unprecedented Battle to Drive Hamas Out of Its Tunnels
The IDF turned tunnels from obstacles controlled by the defending enemy into maneuver corridors for the attacker.
December 5, 2024
No, Genetics Don’t Prove Christopher Columbus Had Sephardi Ancestry
Only that he might have.
Speaking of the pitfalls of popular reporting on historical research, a Spanish documentary received much attention in October because of its claim that new genetic evidence implied that Christoper Columbus was of Jewish ancestry. Mosaic noted reasons for skepticism on historical grounds. Razib Khan, a geneticist, points out the flimsy biological reasoning behind the claim:
December 5, 2024
Britain’s Shameful Royal Welcome for the Qatari Emir
Shortly after announcing that it would arrest Benjamin Netanyahu should he come to the UK.
A Personal Encounter with Rashid Khalidi, Whose Book the President Recently Displayed
Dean of the pseudo-scholars.
The Discovery of One of the Diaspora’s Oldest Synagogues, and the Perils of Reporting on History
Built in 51 CE on the coast of the Black Sea.
No, Genetics Don’t Prove Christopher Columbus Had Sephardi Ancestry
Only that he might have.