How Did Qatar Become Hamas’s Protector?
It’s time for Congress to take action.
July 14, 2025
The Many Meanings of “A People Shall Rise Up as a Lion”
War, Torah, . . . and tennis?
At the Wimbledon tennis tournament last weekend, the Israeli player Guy Sasson, together with the Dutch player Niels Vink, won a victory in the doubles wheelchair-tennis category. Speaking to BBC reporters after winning the crown, Sasson—an IDF veteran whose lower legs have been paralyzed since a 2015 snowboarding accident—cited Numbers 23:24: “Behold, a people shall rise up as a lion, and exalt himself as a regal lion.” This verse appeared in Saturday’s Torah reading, and is also the source of the IDF’s official name for its recent campaign against Iran.
July 14, 2025
Rape and the Arab Way of War
Putting the October 7 atrocities in a broader context.
Anti-Semitism Is Un-American
The American and Jewish stories are intertwined.
Isaac Hutner’s Theology of Meaning
A great 20th-century Jewish thinker, his surprising biography, and his confrontation with modernity.
The Many Meanings of “A People Shall Rise Up as a Lion”
War, Torah, . . . and tennis?
