By Working with Egypt to Send Natural Gas to Lebanon, the U.S. Helps Iran
Boosting Syria and Hizballah at the same time.
September 1, 2021
Why Israel Needs to Reform Its Kosher-Certification System
Nowhere does halakhah call for a state monopoly.
Israel’s minister of religious affairs has proposed legislation, currently before the Knesset, that would bring an end to the chief rabbinate’s monopoly on kosher supervision—provoking much condemnation from the rabbinate itself. After presenting a brief history of rabbinic oversight of food production, Shlomo Brody argues that the proposed reforms are likely to be salutary:
September 1, 2021
Israel’s Forest Fires, and Those Who Cheer Them On
“If we can’t have the land, neither can you.”
Why Israel Needs to Reform Its Kosher-Certification System
Nowhere does halakhah call for a state monopoly.
The Rabbinic Debate over Napoleon
Beware the Gentile who doesn’t cross himself in front of a church.
In a New Exhibit, the Jewish Museum Avoids the Word Jew
Louise Bourgeois, artist without context.