A rivalry between the Jewish numerical and European pagan-astronomical nomenclatures for the seven-day week has played out over millennia across the world.
The longtime observer of American Jews looks at the Jews who see Israel as a moral encumbrance, and what they imagine would happen without it.
Discussing the contention that “civilization” came into the drama of human history with God’s covenantal promise to Abraham and his children.
It was only in the early-to-mid first millennium BCE that both the ancient Babylonians and the ancient Hebrews began dividing their lunar months into seven-day periods.
The foreign-policy expert explains how Egypt assesses its own interests, what its goals are in Gaza, and the future of its peace treaty with Israel.
Is the surprisingly furious debate over how religious Jews should celebrate Israeli Independence Day nearing an end?
To mark the 76th anniversary of Israel’s founding, the historian looks at the national anthem’s story, mysteries, and paradoxes.
In trying to take references to October 7 out of the Israeli singer’s now-famous song “Hurricane,” the competition both accidentally improved it and made her a cause célèbre.
As a possible Rafah incursion awaits the IDF, the author of a new volume on Jewish just-war theory explains the moral issues at stake.
The scholar and frequent commentator puts the protests and protestors in their proper context.
Compared to the wit of the anti-Vietnam slogans of the late 60s, the anti-Israel chants of today are aggressively tedious. What does that say about the chanters?
The well-known rabbi looks at the link between freedom and monotheism in the the text accompanying the seder service.
The truth of the tale of Hillel and the “Hillel sandwich.”
The distinguished Israeli public servant lost a son in combat with Hamas in November. What have the months since brought?
