Deterred in Gaza, Hamas Tries New Avenues of Terror
Jihadist leaders have decided that it’s safer to kill Jews in Jerusalem and the West Bank.
May 2, 2022
Reflections on Divine Providence for the Tenth Anniversary of Israel’s Founding
“If everything went smoothly, we’d know it wasn’t God’s will.”
In a sermon given on the eve of Yom Ha-Atsma’ut in 1958, Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik considered the previous decade of Israel’s existence from a theological perspective, and responded—for the most part indirectly—to the arguments put forward by religious opponents of Zionism. Drawing on the story of the biblical Abraham’s troubled years in the land of Canaan, Soloveitchik asserted that the young country’s troubles should be proof that its establishment was the fulfilment of God’s will. He responded to the naysayers by confessing that he “cannot understand . . . how Jews can have the temerity to choose someplace in exile to protest the Land of Israel.” (Video, Yiddish with English subtitles, 14 minutes.)
May 2, 2022
Reflections on Divine Providence for the Tenth Anniversary of Israel’s Founding
“If everything went smoothly, we’d know it wasn’t God’s will.”
Understanding Amnesty International’s Campaign against Israel
Attention-grabbing and libelous reports are apt to do Palestinians more harm than good.
The Case of Alice Walker Shows That Anti-Semitism Is One Prejudice That Doesn’t Lead to Cancellation
The New Yorker’s fawning avoids the denunciations and hand-wringing that we’ve come to expect when other bigots are profiled.
Traces of Jewish Life in Sicily, 530 Years after the Expulsion
Twelve-century-old mikvahs and a drowned cemetery.