The Delusion of Iranian Factionalism
What moderates?
January 25, 2016
Tu b’Shvat and the Jewish Love Affair with Fruit, Flower, and Foliage
Why a new year for trees?
Today is the minor Jewish holiday of Tu b'Shvat, or the “new year of the trees.” Having originated as a financial deadline on the ancient calendar of tithe-collection, it has, over the years—particularly in the hands of 17th-century Jewish mystics—morphed into a more general celebration of trees and their fruit. Alan Zelenetz explains why these plants deserve special consideration (2014):
January 25, 2016
The Raid on Entebbe and Israel’s Fateful Choice
A gripping new book tells the story.
Why a Gay-Rights Organization Tried to Ban a Jewish Group from Its Conference
The lunacy of “intersectionality.”
Tu b’Shvat and the Jewish Love Affair with Fruit, Flower, and Foliage
Why a new year for trees?
Moving Interfaith Dialogue Beyond Doctrine
Anti-Semitism, Israel, and the Holocaust must be part of the equation.