September 23
High Holiday Prayers Set to Music—Persian Style
Accompanied by a master player of the santur.
September 22
What Does International Law Say about Settlements in Occupied Territory? If Israel Does It, It’s Illegal
Not a double standard, but no standard at all.
Russia Extends Its Influence into Lebanon
Putin wants to be the Middle East’s indispensable intermediary.
Qatar Supports Hamas, Spreads Anti-Israel Propaganda, and Is Cozy with Iran
Not a potential friend.
A Rediscovered Prayer by a Medieval Rabbinic Giant
Naḥmanides and the Catalonian liturgy.
Photographs of Death Camp Inmates Shouldn’t Be Called “Poignant”
The Met’s Birkenau blunder.
September 21
Last Week’s Peace Agreement Sends a Clear Message to the Palestinians
And refutes notions that have shaped U.S. Middle East policy for more than half a century.
Israel’s Vulnerable New Friends Are Drawn to Its Strength
Bahrain and the UAE fear demography, Iran, and a withdrawing U.S.
“I Had the Good Fortune to Be a Jew Born and Raised in the USA”
The late Supreme Court justice’s Yom Hashoah reflections.
California’s New Ethnic-Studies Curriculum Has Nothing to Say about Iranian Jews
Only about Jewish racial privilege.
From Selling Jewish Calendars to Selling Schmutz: A Story
A fictional peddler reflects on the imponderability of anti-Semitism.
September 18
Peace Has Come, but Mahmoud Abbas Wants No Part of It
Another Palestinian leader who sold out his people.
How Israel Found Itself in a Second Coronavirus Lockdown
Protestors shouldn’t get special dispensation.
Iran’s Space Program Is Far from Benign
The goal: to become a nuclear power on par with Russian and China.
