What the Israeli Supreme Court’s Conversion Ruling Means, and Why It Matters
Especially with an election on the way.
March 2, 2021
What the Khashoggi Report Means for U.S.-Saudi Relations
Assessing the evidence.
Last week, the White House released the official report from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) about the death of Jamal Khashoggi, a journalist who was suffocated and dismembered at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in 2018. Although the report begins with the assessment that “Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman approved an operation . . . to capture or kill” Khashoggi, Bobby Ghosh argues that it doesn’t provide much new evidence for this claim:
March 2, 2021
China Poses a Growing Threat to U.S. Interests in the Middle East
It has allied with Iran, Hizballah, and associated militias.
What the Khashoggi Report Means for U.S.-Saudi Relations
Assessing the evidence.
Why Does the Talmud Recommend Using Coins with a Pagan Deity Carved on Them
The Tyre shekel and Heracles-Melqarth.
A Curtain Factory and Seattle’s Sephardi Legacy
The Kosher Canyon.