China Emerges as Iran’s Biggest Defender
Israelis need to wake up to the Chinese threat.
July 13, 2020
When Books Are People, and People Books
A Jewish perspective on “biographies” of religious classics.
For the past several years, Princeton University Press has been putting out a series of short “biographies” of “great religious books,” which include everything from the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Song of Songs to the Lotus Sutra and C.S. Lewis’s Mere Christianity. The books in the series describe the origins of the texts under consideration as well as the way they have been received and interpreted over the decades or centuries. Reviewing some of the Jewish-themed volumes, Shai Secunda considers the series’ underlying conceit:
July 13, 2020
Even in the Face of Budget Cuts, Israel Must Maintain Its Ability to Fight a Ground War
Learning the lesson of the Second Lebanon War.
Israel Can Do Much to Help Diaspora Jewry, While Spending Little
Starting with education.
When Books Are People, and People Books
A Jewish perspective on “biographies” of religious classics.
Two Millennia of Archaeological Treasures beneath the Temple Mount
Starting 30 feet belowground.