How Europe Handed Hamas a Diplomatic Victory
The terrorist group has responded rationally to the incentives placed before it.
Today’s Editors’ Picks
Monday, August 4
The Tragedy of Israel’s Disengagement from Gaza
Messianic fantasies, left and right.
In Fighting Zohran Mamdani, New York Jews Should Follow the Example of Their British Brethren
But they would have to learn to work together.
Shamanism and the Human Religious Impulse
The universal desire for ritual and otherworldly meaning.
When the U.S. Navy Saved the Jews of the Holy Land
A World War I-era humanitarian intervention.
Past Editors’ Picks
Friday, August 1
Postwar Gaza Doesn’t Need a Single Ruler, but Decentralized Control
Israel should start establishing independent safe zones.
How Hamas Steals Food, and How the UN Helps It
Ordinary Gazans must pay steep fees to benefit from foreign aid.
Rome, the Judean Revolts, and an Ancient Clash of Civilizations
How the Jews found themselves caught between East and West.
An Ancient Seal Bears the Name of a First Temple-Era Figure
Asaiah, servant of the king.
The Ninth of Av in Catalonia, and a Torrent of Emotion
A weeping for the ages.
Thursday, July 31
The Iranian Empire Is Collapsing
How to prevent a recovery.
Britain’s Plan to Keep Hamas from Releasing Hostages
Keir Starmer incentivizes the outcomes he claims not to want.
The Palestinian Propaganda Effort to Divide Christians over Israel
The church that wasn’t burned.
The Slain English Child Whose Death Became the Model Anti-Jewish Libel
A 12th-century murder mystery whose gruesome consequences live on.
An Ancient Synagogue May Have Been Uncovered in Spain
A menorah, Hebrew graffiti, and a missing cemetery.
Wednesday, July 30
Tucker Carlson’s Obsession with Jews Reflects a Hostility to America
Why Israel, Ukraine, and Winston Churchill became his enemies.
Britain Is Canceling Jewish Comedians
Should pubs have foreign policies?
Finding Judaism in Hamas Captivity
Omer Shem Tov and Theodor Herzl.
Esther in Amsterdam
An exhibit at the Jewish Museum.
How Long Is a Cubit?
Archaeology may have the answer.
Tuesday, July 29
How Hamas’s Famine Strategy Outmaneuvered Israel
Humanitarian aid, Israeli diplomacy, and the next steps in the Gaza war.
Emmanuel Macron Sacrifices Israel on the Altar of His Own Vanity
“Both meaningless and potentially lethal.”
To Stop China, America Must Keep the Peace in the Middle East
Don’t pivot.
Grasping the Seriousness of Remembered Jewish Sorrow
“What need have I to bemoan Jerusalem? After all, I didn’t destroy it!”
The Two Larger-Than-Life Jews Who Made Hollywood a Larger-Than-Life Place
Irving Thalberg, Louis B. Mayer, and The Last Tycoon.
Monday, July 28
Should Israel Shift Strategies from Attack to Siege?
Time to declare victory.
Claims of Famine Are Currently Hamas’s Strongest Weapon
Exploiting a sick child to create a Palestinian pietà.
How the Republican Jewish Committee Found Success
The end of bipartisanship.
Eastern Europe’s Great Jewish Public Library and Its Patrons
Shakespeare, Rabbi Hayim Soloveitchik, Tolstoy in Yiddish, and a Hebrew biography of Jesus.
Gold Jewelry in the Galilee
A testimony to the wealth of the Roman era.