In Yemen, Iran Is Testing Weapons and Tactics for Future Use against Israel
The IDF must pay close attention.
October 4, 2019
Pre-Yom Kippur Thoughts about Two Giants of Hebrew Literature, Separated by 900 Years
S.Y. Agnon, Solomon ibn Gabirol, and “The Sign.”
In his short story “The Sign,” the great Hebrew writer S.Y. Agnon recounts hearing of the murder by the Nazis of the Jews of Buczacz, the Polish city where he was born. The story ends with the narrator sitting in his Jerusalem synagogue, reading one of the works of the great medieval Spanish poet Solomon ibn Gabirol—whose masterful liturgical poems can be found in many prayer books—when Gabirol’s ghost appears to bring him the sad tidings. Stuart Schoffman reflects on the story itself and on the two luminaries of Jewish literature who are its main characters:
October 4, 2019
Israel, Alone among Nations, Stirs Artists to Silence Other Artists
Why a BDS activist shouldn’t get a prize named for Nelly Sachs.
Columbia University Celebrates Anti-Semitism
A visit from Mahathir Mohamad.
Pre-Yom Kippur Thoughts about Two Giants of Hebrew Literature, Separated by 900 Years
S.Y. Agnon, Solomon ibn Gabirol, and “The Sign.”
Orthodox Schools Are Right to Oppose Government Intrusion—but Must Provide Their Students with Adequate Secular Educations
“If a father doesn’t teach his son a trade, it’s as if he taught him highway robbery.”