David Ben-Gurion desired the “redemption of the Jewish people.”

Sun Yat-sen and N.E.B. Ezra.

And the forgotten battle that cost Moshe Dayan his eye.

Jamil Mardam Bey.

Never a pussycat.

Lady Yvonne Cochrane Sursock, in memoriam.

That’s not a bad thing, but a sensitive new biography is still worth reading.

Taking stock of a great Jewish leader.

They came to Israel not out of fear of persecution but out of love for their homeland.

Ahad Ha’am would agree.

And helped organize one of the war’s worst massacres.

Reading the Bible as a justification for liberty.

The practical challenges of “negating the exile.”

San Remo, Faisal, and the historic Jewish connection to the Land of Israel.