Coins from a Jewish Revolt Found in Galilean Tunnels
Waiting to be reclaimed for 1,600 years.
Today’s Editors’ Picks
Friday, September 26
The New York Intellectuals Reclaimed Jewish Masculinity by Fighting Communism
Writing like a man.
Artificial Intelligence’s Anti-Semitism Reflects the World We Inhabit
MechaHitler and the anti-Semitic singularity.
Hamas Is Behind the Gaza Flotilla
And a crackup over a “queer militant.”
Israel Takes the Fight to Gaza City
Hamas is panicking.
Past Editors’ Picks
Thursday, September 25
Britain’s Ruling Party Gives Its Jewish Constituents a Punch in the Face and a Get-Well Card
The vague sense of doing the right thing.
The Secular Messianism of the Peace-Processors
In a godless society, failed leaders try to be the messiah.
Amnon, Tamar, and the Psychology of the Sinner
A wicked deed can transform beauty into ugliness, desire to revulsion.
How the Iron Beam Will Transform Western Military Operations
Israel’s laser revolution.
Did It Matter That the Greatest American Journalist of the 20th Century Was Jewish?
Walter Lipppman and totalitarianism.
Monday, September 22
The Birthday of the World
What makes the Jewish new year different from all others?
A Portuguese Jewish Prayerbook Is Whole Once Again
The Lisbon Mahzor.
An Israeli Journalist Travels to Syria
The world’s oldest Jewish synagogue art survived a civil war.
Why So Many Get the Gaza War Wrong
An expert on military law goes to journalism school.
What the IDF Has Learned, and What It Can Teach the World
High-tech wonders and hard truths.
Friday, September 19
Isaiah’s Vision of Reconciliation between God and Israel
“Yes, the people of Israel have acted justly; their God has redeemed them with justice.”
Fewer American Jews Are Supporting Jewish Causes, Even If They’re Giving More
The changing face of Jewish philanthropy.
The Hamas Economy Depends Entirely on Israel. But Is There Anything to Do about It?
Gaza runs on the shekel.
The Vanishing Pro-Israel Democrat
How identity politics killed Harry Truman’s legacy.
Young Conservatives Remain Pro-Israel
Even though they are tuning in to the anti-Semites.
Thursday, September 18
The Israeli Strike on Qatar Serves Both American and Israeli Interests
Why President Trump gave Jerusalem the thumbs-up.
Understanding China’s Anti-Semitic and Anti-Israel Propaganda
Social media, bots, the state-run press, and Code Pink.
What Universities Can Learn from Broken-Windows Policing—and from the Talmud
“Be as quick in performing a minor commandment as a major one.”
A 1958 Rosh Hashanah Sermon from an Icon of Modern Orthodoxy
“The Jew is on one side, the world on the other.”
How a 16th-Century Earthquake Created a Great Humanist Rabbi
Azariah de Rossi.