Sudan Lurches Back into the Pro-Iran Axis
After joining the Abraham Accords in 2020, Khartoum is again in the grip of Islamists.
July 2, 2026
Stephen Spielberg’s Empty Transcendence
Disclosure Day tackles religion, but isn’t particularly Jewish.
Many of Steven Spielberg’s movies have handled Jewish topics, and even his science-fiction films have had religious undertones. Yet, Daniel Socher writes, Spielberg’s religious yearnings are not Jewish ones, but a sort of universal longing for transcendence. His most recent work is no exception:
July 2, 2026
Who Controls the Strait of Hormuz?
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Brad Lander Will Learn That, in the Eyes of Anti-Semites, He Will Always Be a Jew
A letter from the future.
Stephen Spielberg’s Empty Transcendence
Disclosure Day tackles religion, but isn’t particularly Jewish.
Ancient Blueprints for the Second Temple
Within the Dead Sea Scrolls are sets of plans for awe-inspiring expansions of the sacred space.