The Case for Cancelling the Reasonableness Clause
“No person or body stands above the law.”
September 18, 2023
The Mossad Director’s Threat to Iran Was Meant as a Message to the U.S.
Preventing a nuclear Iran takes precedence over normalization with Saudi Arabia.
In a recent public speech, David Barnea, the head of Israel’s vaunted intelligence agency, did something very unusual: he declared that his organization was ready to strike “deep in Iran, in the very heart of Tehran,” if the Islamic Republic harmed Israeli citizens. As a rule, high-ranking Israeli security officials, and especially those associated with the Mossad, avoid making explicit threats of this sort. Meir Ben-Shabbat believes that Barnea’s words weren’t directed at Tehran at all, but at Washington:
September 18, 2023
The Mossad Director’s Threat to Iran Was Meant as a Message to the U.S.
Preventing a nuclear Iran takes precedence over normalization with Saudi Arabia.
A Novelist Reflects on Faith, Literature, and the Yom Kippur War
“God Hidden in Heaven’s Vaults.”
In the 3rd Century, Rabbis Composed the Text That Would Become the Basis of the Talmud. Why?
If the Mishnah isn’t theology, history, or law, what is it?
A Legal Victory for Freedom of Speech, and “Chained Wives”
A recent ruling has important ramifications for Jewish divorce law in the U.S.