A Way Forward for Israel and Egypt, after a Record-Breaking Energy Deal
Cairo is uniquely positioned to shape the outcome in Gaza.
December 19, 2025
Norman Podhoretz’s Love Affair with America
A patriotic gratitude especially incumbent upon Jews.
Reflecting on the legacy of the great essayist and longtime editor of Commentary Norman Podhoretz, who died this week at the age of ninety-five, Rabbi Meir Soloveichik observes the common thread in his thought, summed up in the title of one of his books: My Love Affair with America. There is something particularly Jewish about this love affair, a product of being the child of immigrants who could appreciate what makes this country exceptional:
December 19, 2025
A Saudi Sermon Splashes Cold Water on Normalization Hopes
“O Allah, deal with the Jews, for they cannot escape your power.”
The Inaction of Australian Police and the Accommodation of Anti-Semitism
Everywhere could be Sydney for the Jews.
Norman Podhoretz’s Love Affair with America
A patriotic gratitude especially incumbent upon Jews.
The Mysterious, Post-Apocryphal Hanukkah Scroll
And the Jewish scribe who tried to sneak it into the Bible.