North Korean arms dealers have been supplying Hamas with rockets, rocket-propelled grenades, laser-guided anti-tank missiles, and more.

Most wars, including the current one, are just called “the war” at first. The names that stick usually come years and sometimes centuries later.

Pidyon shvuyim, the redemption and release of captives, is an old and urgent Jewish obligation. What does it mean today and what are the moral tradeoffs involved?

A leading rabbi looks at the theological significance of the honorific given to a Jewish martyr, and explains how it differs from the typical honorific given to the Jewish dead.

An ancient prayer for rain mentions an angel named Af-bri. But where did he come from?

A Jewish philosopher stops by to talk about how Jews—and one major non-Jew—have thought about repentance.

The temptation is overwhelming to excuse or soften the drama of Genesis 22. A leading professor of Jewish thought explains how to get past that, and what meaning lies beyond it.