The Israeli Military Is Strong Enough to Overwhelm Its Adversaries, but Has Some Dangerous Weak Spots
Jerusalem cannot afford to rely on American power.
August 4, 2020
Was There Really a Medieval Jewish Empire on the Border of Europe and Asia?
The myth and reality of the Khazars.
According to ancient letters supposedly received by the 10th-century Spanish Jewish scholar and statesman Ḥasdai ibn Shaprut, the Khazar empire—located in Transcaucasia and what is now southern Ukraine and Russia—had been led by their king to convert to Judaism. While the theory, championed by Arthur Koestler and currently beloved by anti-Semites, that today’s Ashkenazi Jews are descended primarily from the Khazars has been debunked many times over, some scholars have recently gone even further to argue that the entire story of the Khazar conversion was a myth. Henry Abramson reviews the evidence and the current debate. (Video, 15 minutes.)
August 4, 2020
Chevron Now Owns a Stake in Israeli Natural-Gas Reserves. Here’s Why It Matters
Big energy comes to the Jewish state.
Religious Jews Should Remember That the Torah Belongs to No Party
We ought not turn a blind eye to the degradation of our moral climate in exchange for parochial political interests.
The German Synagogue Shooter and the Irredeemable Anti-Semite
Lonely, angry, and suspicious of tolerance itself.
Was There Really a Medieval Jewish Empire on the Border of Europe and Asia?
The myth and reality of the Khazars.