October 4
Israel Is Courting Saudi Arabia by Confronting Iran
The probable messages behind Monday night’s airstrikes.
American Involvement Has Not Made the United Nations Any Better
The perils of engagement for engagement’s sake.
Ecclesiastes’ Theology of Distraction
Lessons from spiritual whiplash.
Alexander Hamilton and the Founding Philo-Semites
“The most glorious Nation that ever inhabited the earth.”
Jerusalem’s Museum of Italian Jewry, and the Synagogue It Houses
Neither Sephardi nor Ashkenazi.
October 3
Syria’s Druze Uprising, and What It Means for the Region
After twelve years, the dam has broken.
Tel Aviv’s Yom Kippur Disturbance and Israel’s Strained Social Fabric
Losing the ability to compromise.
Learning the Right Lessons from the Iraq War
“Contrary to popular imagination, this was no neoconservative cabal.”
A New Film Explores the American Sabbath
Judaism’s revolutionary contribution.
Silver Torah Finials, and the 18th-Century Artist Who Made Them
The only Jewish silversmith in England.
October 2
How the U.S. Is Financing Bashar al-Assad
Thank the United Nations.
Fighting among Palestinians in Lebanon May Benefit Hamas
As Fatah faces off with jihadists, Hamas becomes the powerbroker.
Unlocking the Mystery of Sukkot through the Book of Ecclesiastes
Beyond the denial of death.
The French Catholic Resistance Operative Who Married the Leader of an Ultra-Orthodox Sect and Helped Rescue Jews in Muslim Lands
Rescuer, convert, rebbetzin, spy.