Fear and a Desire to Belong Brought Israeli Arabs to the Polls
For them, it wasn’t mainly about Benjamin Netanyahu.
November 2, 2026
The Writings of an Independent-Minded, Humanist Satmar Talmudist
Meet Rabbi Yaakov Koppel Schwartz.
Every year, new books of rabbinic scholarship are published in Hebrew, which will never be translated and which remain entirely opaque outside of a relatively narrow Orthodox readership, but which represent a sophisticated body of Jewish intellectual endeavor. Marc B. Shapiro introduces readers to one remarkable example: the works of Yaakov Koppel Schwartz, a Satmar Hasid and alumnus of prestigious yeshivas:
November 2, 2026
Will the U.S. Go Back to War with Iran?
A survey of the Middle Eastern landscape.
The United Kingdom’s Dangerous Turn against Israel
A love letter to the Jews of Britain.
The Writings of an Independent-Minded, Humanist Satmar Talmudist
Meet Rabbi Yaakov Koppel Schwartz.
Jewish Catacombs in Malta Are Now Part of a European Heritage Site
An ancient, interfaith burial ground.