Israel Must Maintain Its Freedom to Act in Gaza
Lessons from Lebanon and David Ben-Gurion.
October 16, 2025
The Unified Message of the Hebrew Bible
Unlocking the structures and themes of Tanakh.
Yesterday, on the holiday of Simchat Torah (which falls a day earlier in Israel), Jews concluded the annual reading of the Torah; the cycle begins anew on the upcoming Sabbath with the first chapters of Genesis. There is no better time to listen to this conversation between the Christian Bible scholar Dru Johnson and the rabbi and professor of Bible Joshua Berman on the recurring themes of the Hebrew Bible, the way later biblical books refer to earlier ones, biblical approaches to the roles of the sexes, and much else. (Video, 44 minutes.)
October 16, 2025
The October 7 Attacks Proceeded Exactly as They Were Planned
What Hamas’s documents reveal about Iranian strategy and Israeli mistakes.
Anyone Can Tell Jokes in Saudi Arabia—Just Not about the Government, the People, or the Official Religion
The Riyadh comedy festival.
The Unified Message of the Hebrew Bible
Unlocking the structures and themes of Tanakh.
The Struggles of Keeping Kosher, and Defending Kashrut, in Germany
The meaning of meat.