After Abbas, the Deluge?
No successor, and no mechanism for choosing one.
February 3, 2016
Why Playing Chess Is Like Studying the Talmud
Creativity within strict rules.
More than half of the world’s chess champions are Jews, but is there something particularly Jewish about the game itself? Yes, argues Nathan Lopes Cardozo:
February 3, 2016
Ban Ki-moon Sticks to His Anti-Israel Guns
He still believes terror is Israel’s fault.
How Maimonides’ Son Brought Sufi Practices into Judaism
Philosophy and mysticism may be closer than they appear.
Interpreting the Lod Mosaics
The best of the Roman tradition.
Why Playing Chess Is Like Studying the Talmud
Creativity within strict rules.