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The Blood Libel Is Very Old, but the Term Is Surprisingly New

The Blood Libel Is Very Old, but the Term Is Surprisingly New

There’s no more point in arguing with the UN about Israel than there is in arguing about whether Jews really kill Christians for their blood.

March 19 2025 12:01AM
Israel’s Second War of Independence

Israel’s Second War of Independence

The generation fighting in Gaza and Lebanon is tempered, steeled, anything but fragile, and intensely patriotic.

March 17 2025 12:01AM
Podcast: Ronna Burger on Reading Esther as a Philosopher (Rebroadcast)

Podcast: Ronna Burger on Reading Esther as a Philosopher (Rebroadcast)

A scholar of philosophy joins us to take a close look at the book of Esther, and the lessons it has to teach about human success and divine providence.

March 14 2025 12:01AM
“In That Basic Sense the Zionists Were Right”: A Conversation with Irving Howe

“In That Basic Sense the Zionists Were Right”: A Conversation with Irving Howe

An American Jewish intellectual considers Israel, American Jewry, and anti-Semitism.

Irving Howe and Edward Grossman
March 13 2025 12:01AM
Podcast: Reihan Salam on Rebuilding Urban Conservatism

Podcast: Reihan Salam on Rebuilding Urban Conservatism

How the most Jewish city in America can have its next comeback.

March 7 2025 12:36AM
The Long Postbiblical History of “Judea and Samaria”

The Long Postbiblical History of “Judea and Samaria”

The controversial terms, unlike “West Bank,” were in common use until 1948.

March 5 2025 12:01AM
Podcast: David Bashevkin on Orthodox Jews and the American Religious Revival
Feb. 21 2025 12:01AM
Nobody Wants All Hell to Break Loose. But Who’s Breaking, and from Where?

Nobody Wants All Hell to Break Loose. But Who’s Breaking, and from Where?

Donald Trump, Paradise Lost, and the origins of a phrase.

Feb. 19 2025 12:01AM
Did God Give Moses Ten Sayings, Ten Commandments, or Just Ten Things?

Did God Give Moses Ten Sayings, Ten Commandments, or Just Ten Things?

Neither Jewish nor Christian traditions call the Decalogue by its biblical name, but the phrases they choose reveal something about their different approaches to divine law.

Feb. 12 2025 12:01AM
Podcast: Cynthia Ozick on "The Conversion of the Jews" (Rebroadcast)

Podcast: Cynthia Ozick on "The Conversion of the Jews" (Rebroadcast)

The legendary author joins us to talk about her new short story, about a search for the reason why a 13th-century Jewish man became a Catholic priest.

Feb. 7 2025 12:01AM
Why the Accusation of Settler Colonialism Is So Hollow

Why the Accusation of Settler Colonialism Is So Hollow

The question is not whether Zionism was settler colonialism; it’s what sort of settler colonialism it was.

Feb. 5 2025 12:27AM
Podcast: Amit Segal on Israel’s 60-Year-Old Prisoner Dilemma

Podcast: Amit Segal on Israel’s 60-Year-Old Prisoner Dilemma

Why the Jewish state can, and perhaps must, keep making bad deals to set its citizens free.

Jan. 31 2025 12:01AM