Benjamin Netanyahu’s Speech Was a Triumph, Aimed at a Distant Audience
Addressing Congress and speaking to Saudi Arabia.
July 26, 2024
When an Aged Moses Passed the Torch to Joshua
The wages of drawing water and rearranging chairs.
This week’s Torah reading of Pinhas gets its name from the grandson of Aaron, with whose heroic act of righteous violence it begins. But its most dramatic moment might come when Moses pleads with God to appoint a successor. Erica Brown writes:
July 26, 2024
Is International Humanitarian Law Saving Lives or Risking Them?
If the U.S. wants to uphold high moral standards, it should consider amending laws that don’t work.
How Max Nordau Agreed to Play Second-Fiddle to Theodor Herzl
Although older and, at the time, more famous, he put away his pride.
How Anti-Semitism and the Casting Off of Tradition Ruined Stefan Zweig’s Golden Age
The World of Yesterday.
When an Aged Moses Passed the Torch to Joshua
The wages of drawing water and rearranging chairs.