Will Syria’s New Government Support Hamas?
How the West should approach rulers who mourned the death of Yahya Sinwar.
December 12, 2024
The Pope Pays Homage to Baby Jesus Swaddled in a Keffiyeh, and Then Changes Course
Nativity of Bethlehem 2024.
On Saturday, Pope Francis attended the inauguration of a nativity scene newly erected at the Vatican, titled “Nativity of Bethlehem 2024” and designed by two Palestinian artists from that city. The installation featured a baby Jesus lying on a keffiyeh blanket. Involved in its production was the Higher Presidential Committee for Church Affairs in Palestine, part of the Palestine Liberation Organization.
December 12, 2024
The Fall of Assad Is a Blow to Russia’s Imperial Ambitions
Its effects will be felt from Ukraine to Niger.
A Soviet-Jewish Writer’s Post-Stalin Novel
Ilya Ehrenburg, “Stalin’s favorite Jew.”
The Pope Pays Homage to Baby Jesus Swaddled in a Keffiyeh, and Then Changes Course
Nativity of Bethlehem 2024.
When Kabbalah Came to the Masses
The printing press and Jewish mysticism.