How America Can Keep the Strait of Hormuz Open
It’s already begun the first phase.
March 16, 2026
It started when a teenage girl fell in love with Israel.
Today, Jodi Magness is one of the most important scholars studying ancient Israel, having written books on Masada and the Dead Sea Scrolls, and having led important excavations of the land’s ancient synagogues. She reflects here on her career, and what led her to these pursuits:
It’s already begun the first phase.
Three centuries of concealing defeat.
But it’s not becoming Paris or Malmo.
It started when a teenage girl fell in love with Israel.
Meet the Maharshal.
Today, Jodi Magness is one of the most important scholars studying ancient Israel, having written books on Masada and the Dead Sea Scrolls, and having led important excavations of the land’s ancient synagogues. She reflects here on her career, and what led her to these pursuits:
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