April 18
A Play about the Lehman Brothers Dips into Anti-Jewish Anti-Capitalism
More barukh Hashems than New York has skyscrapers.
April 17
The Fall of Sudan’s Ruler May Mark the End of One of the Arab World’s Most Enduring Islamist Regimes
The implications of Omar al-Bashir’s ouster.
Ilhan Omar and Her Willing Dupes
Compassion out of one side of her mouth, contempt out of the other.
The Quasi-Jewish Messianist Sect at the Center of Contemporary Turkish Anti-Semitism
Conspiracy theories about the Dönme.
A 5th-Century Gold Coin Found in Israel Commemorates the Emperor Who Took Away Jews’ Rights
Evidence of the man who ended the Sanhedrin, on the Sanhedrin Trail.
How the Books of Exodus and Esther Use Humor to Underscore a Message of Hope
Ironic inversions unite two narratives of redemption.
April 16
The Palestinian Authority’s Campaign against Negotiations with Israel
Normalization as treason.
How the Israeli Left Has Undermined Faith in the Rule of Law
The judicial establishment reaps what it sowed.
Passover’s Message and the Meaning of Freedom
Not willfulness, but freedom for excellence.
Israel Reached for the Moon
“If the probe had merely succeeded in reaching its correct altitude after launch, dayeinu.”
“The Last Unicorn” as a Reflection on Jews and Judaism after the Holocaust
Peter S. Beagle at eighty.
April 15
Archaeology, the City of David, and the Future of Jerusalem
The only way to protect Jerusalem’s heritage is to ensure that it remains under undivided Israeli authority.
How and Why Hamas Founded CAIR
Couching its rhetoric in slogans like “social justice,” “due process,” and “resistance.”
How Much of a Difference Do Individual Leaders Make in Middle Eastern History?
The king is dead. Does it matter?
