Unrest in West Bank Refugee Camps Is a Sign of What Palestinian Statehood Might Bring
After 22 years, the PA hasn’t dismantled the camps.
November 7, 2016
Noah’s Rainbow as an Inversion of a Mesopotamian Symbol
A sign not of divine victory but of divine obligation.
Comparing the biblical description of the rainbow as a sign of God’s postdiluvian covenant with mankind to understandings of the rainbow in other ancient Near Eastern literature, Ron Hendel argues that the differences speak more loudly than the similarities. Ancient Mesopotamians saw the rainbow, like other celestial phenomena, as a sign that, if properly interpreted by skilled astrologers, could portend divine intentions. In Genesis, by contrast:
November 7, 2016
American and Israeli Jews, Compared
A tale of two Pew surveys.
How the Nuclear Deal Enriches the Most Dangerous Wing of the Iranian Regime
A windfall for the Revolutionary Guard’s economic empire.
Noah’s Rainbow as an Inversion of a Mesopotamian Symbol
A sign not of divine victory but of divine obligation.
The Last Jew of Afghanistan and His Almost-Vanished Community
Zebulon Simentov is still selling kosher kebabs in Kabul.