July 11
Euthanasia and the Meaning of Murder in Jewish Law
A halakhic take on philosophical ethics’ oldest dilemma.
July 10
Military Might and Democracy Still Matter
The lessons of Israel’s wars.
A Supreme Court Ruling Puts New Pressure on Palestinian Leaders to Reform
Putting pay for slay on the docket.
How Egypt Sees the Syrian Regime
Cairo shares much of Jerusalem’s caution.
A Century of Jewish Life in Trondheim, Norway
Keeping Shabbat where the sun doesn’t always set—or rise.
Did the Guardians of the Babylonian Talmud Study Its Rival Version?
The geonim and the Yerushalmi.
July 9
Hebron’s Restless Palestinian Clans, and Israel’s Missed Opportunity
Did a new vision for Judea and Samaria come too late?
Why Hizballah Didn’t Join in the Twelve-Day War
It’s busy preparing for the next one.
Jews, for the Most Part, Remain Loyal Democrats
A closer look at the 2024 Jewish vote.
A Wartime Visit to One of Morocco’s Great Jewish Pilgrimage Sites
The hilula of Judah Ibn Attar.
A Historian Returns to His Grandmother’s Shtetl
Simnas, Lithuania—and its empty synagogue.
July 8
The Risks of Ending the Gaza War
The hostages are Hamas’s best leverage, and it knows it.
The Rites of Anti-Zionism
On college campuses, Marxists and Islamists fuse their hatreds of the West.
The Judeo-Christian Tradition and the U.S. Israel Relationship
Does it really make sense to speak of these often-rival religions in the same breath?