Lebanon Bids Farewell to an Arch-Terrorist
Hassan Nasrallah’s funeral and the future of Hizballah.
February 27, 2025
Preserving, and Reviving, the Music of the Shtetl
Wax cylinders and sheet music.
In 1912, Russia’s leading Jewish philanthropist sponsored an ethnographic expedition—led by the writer, revolutionary, and activist S. Ansky—through Russian Ukraine to study and document everyday Jewish life. The team recorded hundreds of folksongs, preserved on wax cylinders. The project was renewed over a decade later, writes Jennifer A. Stern:
February 27, 2025
Islamic State Is Regrouping in Syria
The dangers of chaos and a weak regime.
Iran and Its Terror Proxies Depend on Russian Support
A de-facto member of the “axis of resistance.”
Preserving, and Reviving, the Music of the Shtetl
Wax cylinders and sheet music.
Why Rabbis Should Teach the Hebrew Bible to Non-Jews
Something better than interfaith dialogue.