The Dangers of the Cease-Fire in Lebanon
What might make this truce different from the last one.
April 20, 2026
The Democrats Abandon Israel
The Jewish state must start making its own arms.
On Wednesday, the Senate defeated measures, introduced by Bernie Sanders, to block the sale of arms to Israel, but 40 out of 47 Democrats voted with Sanders. The editors of the Jerusalem Post comment:
April 20, 2026
The Islamic Republic Has Been Permanently Hollowed Out
Its survival is no victory.
The Democrats Abandon Israel
The Jewish state must start making its own arms.
Muriel Spark’s Repressed Jewish Commitments
A celebrated Scottish novelist’s conversion to Catholicism.
The Meaning of the Hebrew Months
“First fruits,” “blossom,” and “season.”