The Torture and Execution of a Wrestler Undermines the Islamic Republic at Home and Abroad
The death of Navid Afkari.
September 16, 2020
The Struggle to Maintain the Sanctity of Jewish Burial in the Face of the Coronavirus
Kindness of truth.
Based on Genesis 47:29, ensuring the proper care for and burial of the dead is known in the rabbinic tradition as the “kindness of truth” (ḥesed shel emet), since one cannot expect to receive anything in return, even a gesture thanks, from the deceased. The organization Chesed Shel Emes—which takes its name from the Ashkenazi pronunciation of the phrase—provides ritual purification and burial for Jewish dead without means or without synagogue affiliations. In a photo essay, Mark Abramson shows how COVID-19 has affected the group’s mission. Isadora Kosofsky writes:
September 16, 2020
The U.S. Ought Not Allow a Nuclear Saudi Arabia
The bitter fruit of the Iran deal, harvested by China.
No, Israel Doesn’t Prefer Undemocratic Regimes in the Middle East
Switzerland can embrace Iran, but Jerusalem can’t embrace Abu Dhabi?
The Faked “Gospel” That Duped Scholars and Revealed Academia’s Prejudices and Foibles
The hoax of “Jesus’ wife.”
The Struggle to Maintain the Sanctity of Jewish Burial in the Face of the Coronavirus
Kindness of truth.