When It Comes to Territorial Compromise, Israel Doesn’t Have a Choice
Peace isn’t yet an option.
June 2, 2017
The Lebanese Jewish Housewife Who Spied for Israel
“Grandma James Bond.”
Born in Argentina and raised in Jerusalem, Shulamit Kishik-Cohen—who died last week at the age of one-hundred—was married to a wealthy Jewish businessman in Beirut when she was only seventeen. Her career in intelligence began before Israel became a state and lasted until her arrest in 1961. After the Six-Day War, she was released as part of a prisoner exchange and lived out the rest of her life in Israel. Ofer Aderet writes (free registration may be required):
June 2, 2017
With al-Qaeda Resurgent and Iran Ascendant, the U.S. Can’t Afford to Back Down
Don’t let Islamic State become a distraction from the big picture.
A French Jew Was Murdered by a Muslim. The French Media Concealed the Details
What really happened to Sarah Halimi.
Does Rabbinic Judaism Acknowledge a Fundamental Difference between Civil and Ritual Law?
One rabbi’s argument that civil law is rooted in human reason.
The Lebanese Jewish Housewife Who Spied for Israel
“Grandma James Bond.”