Why Israel Needs a Nation-State Law
A bulwark against judicial activism.
July 24, 2018
Seventy Years On, What Scholars Have Learned from the Dead Sea Scrolls
Halakhah was important no matter how it was understood.
Over 70 years have gone by since the discovery of ancient scrolls in the Judean Desert by Bedouin shepherds, a discovery that led in turn to locating even more documents from the Qumran caves. Lawrence Schiffman, a leading expert on the scrolls, reflects on how their study has changed scholars’ understanding of ancient Judaism:
July 24, 2018
A Sliver of Good News for Israel from the Trump–Putin Summit
But can Russia uphold its promises?
No, an Israeli Rabbi Wasn’t Arrested for Performing Non-Orthodox Weddings
Setting the record straight on the Haiyun affair.
Remembering the Russian (and Jewish) Proust
Nikolai Freudenstein/Yuri Felsen.
Seventy Years On, What Scholars Have Learned from the Dead Sea Scrolls
Halakhah was important no matter how it was understood.