The Lessons of Israel’s Destruction of the Syrian Nuclear Reactor
Israeli self-reliance is good. Self-reliance with American support is even better.
July 12, 2019
The Pilgrimage Road Excavation, Which Has Already Uncovered Much about Jerusalem’s History, Is No Threat to Arab Jerusalemites or to the al-Aqsa Mosque
Truth from the City of David.
On June 30, David Friedman, the American ambassador to Israel, participated in a ceremony inaugurating an archaeological dig into an ancient road used by pilgrims visiting the Second Temple in Roman times. A New York Times article on the subject credulously reported that “Palestinians in the crowded East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan have complained that the walls of their homes were settling and cracking” because of prior excavations. This accusation has little basis, writes Nadav Shragai:
July 12, 2019
For an Intellectual, the Centennial of a Holocaust Writer Is an Opportunity to Condemn Both Israel and Democracy
Pankaj Mishra takes on Primo Levi.
The Pilgrimage Road Excavation, Which Has Already Uncovered Much about Jerusalem’s History, Is No Threat to Arab Jerusalemites or to the al-Aqsa Mosque
Truth from the City of David.
Taking the Greatest Jewish Commentary on the Torah Seriously
Rashi, theologian.
The Rabbi Who Followed 300 Orphans to Their Death in Nazi-Occupied Poland
The Orthodox Janusz Korczak.