Syrian Refugees Threaten Jordan’s Stability
How the U.S. can prevent a crisis.
April 1, 2016
One Poet Brother Immigrated to Israel, the Other Stayed in the U.S.
Fraternal reflections on Reuven Ben-Yosef.
Until last year, the American poet James Reiss was unable to read the mature work of his brother, the late Israeli poet Reuven Ben-Yosef (né Robert Eliot Reiss), who made the Jewish state his home in 1959. Thanks to a recently published volume of English translations by Michael Weingrad, he has familiarized himself with both the poetry and the poet:
April 1, 2016
How Nazi Propaganda and the Muslim Brotherhood Led to the 1948 Israel-Arab War
A war that could have been prevented.
A Lebanese Woman Reflects on Her Visit to Israel
Full of surprises.
One Poet Brother Immigrated to Israel, the Other Stayed in the U.S.
Fraternal reflections on Reuven Ben-Yosef.
Nadav, Avihu, and the Dangers of Religious Excess
Law and ritual must rein in passion.