The Israeli Military Is Strong Enough to Overwhelm Its Adversaries, but Has Some Dangerous Weak Spots
Jerusalem cannot afford to rely on American power.
August 4, 2020
Religious Jews Should Remember That the Torah Belongs to No Party
We ought not turn a blind eye to the degradation of our moral climate in exchange for parochial political interests.
With political tensions in America unusually intense, and apt to grow more so as election day approaches, the country’s Jews are hardly exempt from partisan rancor. One can just as easily hear that a vote for Donald Trump is a repudiation of everything Judaism holds sacred as that a vote against him is a betrayal of Israel and the Jewish people. Avi Shafran, in a letter cosigned by several other prominent Orthodox figures, urges Jews not to confuse “Torah values with politics”:
August 4, 2020
Chevron Now Owns a Stake in Israeli Natural-Gas Reserves. Here’s Why It Matters
Big energy comes to the Jewish state.
Religious Jews Should Remember That the Torah Belongs to No Party
We ought not turn a blind eye to the degradation of our moral climate in exchange for parochial political interests.
The German Synagogue Shooter and the Irredeemable Anti-Semite
Lonely, angry, and suspicious of tolerance itself.
Was There Really a Medieval Jewish Empire on the Border of Europe and Asia?
The myth and reality of the Khazars.