Qatar’s Unreported Donations to American Universities May Feed Campus Anti-Zionism
New research details a correlation between Qatari money and BDS activity.
February 25, 2020
The Rediscovery of an 11th-Century Volume of the Hebrew Bible in an Egyptian Synagogue
The work of Zechariah ben Anan.
In 1905, Richard Gottheil—a leading scholar of Semitics and one of the early leaders of American Zionism—discovered a millennium-old manuscript of the Bible in a Karaite synagogue in Cairo. At 616-pages, this extremely rare codex includes only the Writings: the third section of the Hebrew Bible comprising Psalms, Job, Esther, and other books. The volume had not been seen since 1981, raising concerns that it had been lost. But the Israeli historian Yoram Meital recently rediscovered it, finding it on a shelf in the same synagogue. Amanda Borschel-Dan writes:
February 25, 2020
America’s Concessions to the Taliban and Pakistan Only Encourage Terrorism
Giving the Taliban an advantage and the Mumbai murderers a pass.
In Iran’s Elections, the People Reject Sham Democracy
Most Iranians voted by staying home.
Don’t Give Up on the Nuclear Family
David Brooks neglects marriage.
The Rediscovery of an 11th-Century Volume of the Hebrew Bible in an Egyptian Synagogue
The work of Zechariah ben Anan.