Syria Isn’t Ready for Peace with Israel
Any agreement must recognize that it is not a unified country.
Today’s Editors’ Picks
Thursday, January 22
There Is No Governing Gaza Without First Dismantling Hamas
Phase 2 problems.
Israel’s Laser Defenses Are a Major Technological Breakthrough
Doing the impossible, again.
The Victorian Jewish Priest Who Claimed Mozart for the Jews
Moses Margoliouth’s misplaced ethnic pride.
The Rabbinic Man of Mystery Who Taught Elie Wiesel
The Shoshani Riddle.
Past Editors’ Picks
Wednesday, January 21
A New Movie about the Israel-Palestinian Conflict Distorts History
The lies of Palestine 36.
What the Demonstrations in Iran Portend for Hizballah
The Lebanese terrorists won’t rush to aid their patrons in Tehran.
Josh Shapiro Stands Up to the Enemies of the Jews
Even if it will stir the ire of his own party.
Orthodox Jews Should Learn from the Non-Orthodox, and Vice-Versa
Parahsah sheets and communities.
The Jewish Children Who Found Refuge in France on the Eve of World War II
French authorities weren’t sure they could be turned into useful French citizens.
Tuesday, January 20
Hamas Flags Must Not Fly over al-Aqsa
Denying terrorists symbolic victory—the only kind that really matters.
Is Now the Right Time for the U.S. to Strike Iran?
Pros and cons.
What the Saudi-Emirati Fight over Yemen Means for Israel
Will the Houthis emerge stronger, or more threatened?
The Forgotten Corner of Eastern Europe That Became a Short-Lived Jewish Paradise
The tragedy of Bukovina.
A Jewish Tour of the Hebrew Bible—for Catholics
No sola scriptura for Jews.
Monday, January 19
Hamas Is Happy about Gaza’s New Governors
Israel must live with the least-bad option—and be wary.
How the U.S. Can Cripple Iran’s Rulers from a Distance
Knock out the Revolutionary Guard.
The Right Way to Fight Back against Hatred of Israel
Bring on the Australian cultural counterrevolution.
The Man Who Redefined American Jewish Religious Freedom
Rabbi Julius Berman, in memoriam.
How Religion Shapes the Politics of Young Americans
Surprising, and unsurprising, statistics.
Friday, January 16
Gaza’s Anti-Hamas Militias Still Matter
The jihadists are afraid of them.
Why Progressives Care about Gazans but Not Iranians
A consistent, and pernicious, ideology
Israel Is Everything Ireland Hoped to Become
The reasons for resurgent anti-Semitism on the Emerald Isle.
Jews Should Embrace the Christian King David Revival
The most complex of heroes.
Remembering a Great Archaeologist Who Loved Jerusalem
Gabriel Barkay, in memoriam.
Thursday, January 15
There Will Be No Peace in Gaza While Hamas Roams the Streets
The dangers of phase 2.
America’s Alliance with the Jews, and Its Enemies
The fake courage of the anti-Semites.
Iran’s Post-Ayatollah Future
Regime change is inevitable.
When Anne Frank Was a Jewish Girl
The uses and abuses of the most famous Holocaust diary.
What Talmudic Puns Reveal
Is a weasel a prophet?
Wednesday, January 14
The U.S. Has Drawn a Red Line in Iran. Now It Must Uphold It
The danger of repeating Barack Obama’s mistake.
American Jewry, Not Israel, Lost an Information War
The message: “we will not perish.”
The Anti-Israel Movement Comes for the Sciences
BDS stands in the way of progress.
The Yiddish Sherlock Holmes, Now in English
The creation of “one of the weirdest journalists ever to live in Galicia.”
The Literary and Intellectual World of Yemenite Jewry
The poet-rabbi Zechariah al-Dhahiri.