Israel Can Use Iranian Attacks on Global Shipping to Its Advantage
Signs of the Islamic Republic’s weakness?
August 4, 2021
Understanding the Enduring Greatness of Rashi’s Commentary on the Pentateuch
The 11th-century rabbi balanced accessibility and sophistication.
So immense is the impact of the Torah commentary of Rabbi Solomon ben Isaac, better known by the Hebrew acronym Rashi (1040-1105), that nearly every Jew who received a traditional education over the past several centuries has encountered it as child, and nearly every subsequent rabbinic Torah commentary uses it as a point of departure. It is also the subject of numerous supercommentaries, as well as works of systematic criticism. In a recent book, Eric Lawee presents the first complete academic study of the work itself, how it achieved its canonical status, and its overall reception in the Middle Ages. David Berger writes in his review:
August 4, 2021
Israeli Settlers Have Helped Their Bedouin Neighbors, Whom the Palestinian Authority and the EU Have Kept Living in Shacks
Resolving the Khan al-Ahmar dispute.
Understanding the Enduring Greatness of Rashi’s Commentary on the Pentateuch
The 11th-century rabbi balanced accessibility and sophistication.
The IDF Rescue Team That Recovered Most of the Dead in the Surfside Disaster
Solving the most gruesome of puzzles.
Emmy Noether Was Kept Out of German Universities First Because She Was a Woman, and Then Because She Was a Jew
Einstein called her a “creative mathematical genius.”