Cuba and the “Axis of Evil”
Could the island serve as a launch pad for Iranian missiles?
March 22, 2016
The Quest for the Historical Esther
Could she be Xerxes' wife, Queen Amestris?
After establishing the identity—agreed upon by the majority of scholars—between King Ahasuerus in the book of Esther and the Persian ruler known to the Greeks as Xerxes (both variants of the original Persian Khshayarsha), Mitchell First seeks extra-biblical evidence of the book’s other characters:
March 22, 2016
Why Israel Cannot Withdraw from the West Bank or the Golan Heights
And why it must not succumb to Western pressure.
Meet the UN’s New Human-Rights Rapporteur on the Palestinian Territories
She thinks Britain should bomb Israel.
Howard Jacobson on His Recreation of Shylock
And thoughts on being a Jewish novelist.
The Quest for the Historical Esther
Could she be Xerxes' wife, Queen Amestris?