Why Is the U.S. State Department Backing a Lebanese Land (and Sea) Grab?
Demanding that Israel cede land in response to spurious claims.
March 6, 2018
The Rise and Fall of Beyt She’arim, Birthplace of the Mishnah
And home to one of Judea’s last queens.
Queen Berenice—the daughter of the 1st-century-CE Judean king Herod Agrippa I and the sister of Herod Agrippa II, the last king of Judea—built one of her palaces near the Galilean village of Beyt She’arim, which became a major center of Jewish intellectual life during the early talmudic period (ca. 70-400 CE). Having spent the last three years leading an excavation of the village’s remains, Adi Erlich summarizes his and his colleagues’ findings:
March 6, 2018
How Samantha Power Deceived a Syrian Refugee about the White House’s Intention to Stop Assad’s Chemical-Weapons Attacks
The Obama administration also refused to act on—or reveal—direct eyewitness testimony it received of atrocities in Syria.
What the Rush to Defend Farrakhan Reveals about Left-Wing Anti-Semitism and “Israel Criticism”
When leftists lose their favorite excuse.
The Rise and Fall of Beyt She’arim, Birthplace of the Mishnah
And home to one of Judea’s last queens.
A Liberal Protestant Looks for the Roots of America’s Spiritual Crisis
Marilynne Robinson asks what we are doing here.