After the Doha Attack, a Diplomatic Tempest in a Teapot
Marco Rubio shows solidarity with Israel while Arab leaders bluster.
September 16, 2025
The Bottom-Up Nature of Rabbinic Authority
The tractate of “Rulings.”
Those engaged in the daily program of Talmud study known as daf yomi recently completed the tractate of Horayot, or “Rulings,” which concerns the authority of rabbis and courts and competing interpretations of Jewish law. Dovid Bashevkin takes stock of its lessons:
September 16, 2025
The Learned and Unlearned Lessons of the First Gaza War
Time-limited campaigns can’t yield lasting deterrence.
A Jewish Perspective on the Murder of Charlie Kirk
Political violence becomes an American reality.
The Bottom-Up Nature of Rabbinic Authority
The tractate of “Rulings.”
Louis Armstrong’s Star of David
And his visit to Israel.