Israel Must Seek to Come Out Ahead in Its New Battle with Hamas
Bringing the assault on border communities to an end.
March 27, 2019
What the Proposed Senate Resolution on Anti-Semitism Gets Right
Instead of treating Jews as a metaphor, it enumerates the ways in which individuals have suffered.
Rather than issuing a resolution censuring Congresswoman Ilhan Omar for her noxious comments about American support for Israel, or even one denouncing anti-Semitism in general, the House of Representatives instead passed a resolution condemning anti-Semitism as but one in a long laundry list of other bigotries—to the frustration of some representatives of both parties. To remedy the situation, Ted Cruz has introduced a far less equivocal resolution of his own in the Senate. Liel Leibovitz explains what the new resolution gets right:
March 27, 2019
What the Proposed Senate Resolution on Anti-Semitism Gets Right
Instead of treating Jews as a metaphor, it enumerates the ways in which individuals have suffered.
A Key Border Crossing between Iraq and Syria Is about to Fall into Iranian Hands
Completing the land bridge.
By Recycling, a Medieval Jew Preserved a Major Work of Christian Bible Scholarship
The Hexapla in the Genizah.
Nathan of Rome, Author of the First Jewish Dictionary
An 11th-century talmudic encyclopedia.