Fun with Hebrew numbers.
The man who helped found the first all-Jewish combat unit in millennia died exactly 100 years ago. His legacy is grievously under-recognized.
What I witnessed in my two decades of teaching at Harvard.
What the future prime minister of Israel had to say about his past and present homelands.
A new interview, published in English here for the first time, reveals the political tradition at work in the Israeli leader’s thinking.
At each point—1897, 1917, and 1947—one Jewish leader appeared, and showed greatness.
When we ask for guarantees of our safety, we’re met with speeches and calls for patience. This is not living.
The history of holiday greetings.
Now that Americans can easily visit the “Latin paradise,” I jumped at the opportunity to see first-hand the reality of life for its few remaining Jews. It isn’t pretty.
The new memoir by Michael Oren, Israel’s former ambassador to Washington, tells all—except for one thing.
In 1948, the nascent state enjoyed political support from almost the entire global left. A new book by a member of today’s left takes a close look at how and why that changed.
Spy games, catch-67s, lionesses, smugglers, patriots, setting suns, and more.
Cease assuming the posture of defendants, the great Zionist leader Vladimir Jabotinsky urged his fellow Jews in 1911; we have nothing to apologize for.
What the story of General Mills’ newly gluten-free cereal tells us about the food we eat—and don’t—at Passover.