Sometimes the Whole World Is Wrong and the Jews Are Right
Ahad Ha’am and the Nobel Peace Prize.
October 12, 2026
The Woman Who Revolutionized Jewish Publishing
The Widow Romm and her Talmud.
To this day, what is known as the “Vilna Shas” is the gold-standard edition of the Babylonian Talmud, on which virtually all subsequent editions are based. (The term Shas, a Hebrew acronym for the “six orders” that comprise the Talmud, refers to the work as a whole.) This edition contains numerous commentaries and supplemental apparatuses, some on the page, others following each tractate—an arrangement that has influenced how the text is studied.
October 12, 2026
Israel’s Growing Problem in the Horn of Africa
Egypt, Ethiopia, the Houthis, and the other side of the Red Sea.
Hamas’s Terror Abroad Could Be a Sign of a Change in Direction
The jihadist group has reinvented itself before, and it can again.
The Woman Who Revolutionized Jewish Publishing
The Widow Romm and her Talmud.
The Catholic Church Is Well-Equipped to Deal with the False Prophets of AI
Messianic and apocalyptic cults? They’ve seen them before.