Why the Haredi Parties, and Benjamin Netanyahu, Want Early Elections
Religious parties are gambling that the opposition hates the prime minister more than it hates draft exemptions.
May 15, 2026
The Psalmist’s Ode to Jerusalem
“Builded as a city that is compact together.”
In honor of Yom Yersushalayim, Adele Berlin offers a line-by-line analysis—drawing from medieval rabbinic commentaries and modern academic scholarship—of Psalm 122, the psalm that mentions Jerusalem most frequently. The most challenging of its nine verses is the third, which the King James Bible renders “Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together,” and Berlin “Jerusalem, built up, indeed, a city bound all together.” She writes:
May 15, 2026
China Has Been Helping Iran. Here’s What Donald Trump Can Do about It
Washington must make demands of Beijing.
An Upcoming Supreme Court Case Could Define Where Nondiscrimination Ends and Religious Freedom Begins
St. Mary v. Roy.
The Psalmist’s Ode to Jerusalem
“Builded as a city that is compact together.”
A Mysterious Tunnel Uncovered in Jerusalem
Its purpose and age remain uncertain.