Reasons for Hope about Syria
Replacing an enemy with an asset.
May 16, 2025
The Biblical Owl as Symbol of Destruction and Loneliness
“I am like a desert owl of the wilderness.”
In Leviticus 11 (read in synagogues just a few weeks ago), the Torah provides a list of animals whose flesh Jews are forbidden to eat. Among them are numerous bird species, which include—according to Phillip Michael Sherman’s identification—three separate varieties of owls. Sherman explores the owl’s symbolic meaning in the ancient Near East, and in the Hebrew Bible in particular:
May 16, 2025
Why Islamism’s Ideology of Resentment Focuses Its Anger on the Jews
While betraying the Islamic view of history.
John Fetterman’s Concern for Jews Drives His Party, but Not His Voters, Crazy
A sane man in an insane world.
The Origins of the Lag ba-Omer Bonfire
And its rabbinic critics.
The Biblical Owl as Symbol of Destruction and Loneliness
“I am like a desert owl of the wilderness.”