After October 7, Israel Is Broadly Unified on Matters of War and Peace
Despite contentious debate, this election is not a referendum on national security.
October 28, 2026
The 400-Year History of Hebrew Punctuation
Not an invention of wicked settler colonialists.
A new book on the history of punctuation claims that Hebrew’s punctuation marks were invented by 19th-century Zionist settlers in the Land of Israel, and specifically by Eliezer ben Yehuda, architect of modern Hebrew. Therefore, its author concludes, the marks “are relics of a brutal colonial system that is far from over.” This claim went too far even for the New Yorker, but the magazine would have done better to question its veracity as well as its moral logic. Abe Socher writes:
October 28, 2026
Israeli Arabs Have a Vote, Too
The two Arab parties might have significant leverage in coalition negotiations.
The Home Minyan Goes to Court
The Supreme Court will hear a landmark case about Jewish prayer.
From Mosul to Auschwitz
An Iraqi historian goes to Poland and learns about his own country.
The 400-Year History of Hebrew Punctuation
Not an invention of wicked settler colonialists.