On Christmas Day 1991, the Soviet Union ceased to exist and the Cold War ended. Or did it? The answer depends on whether the Cold War was a conflict between two powerful nation-states or a … more

The most important facts about the latest violence in the Middle East were the ones that were left out of the New York Times’ sidebar explainer published in the wake of a series … more

Israeli Apartheid Week is an anti-Israel campaign hosted by Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) on college campuses that spreads libels about the State of Israel and the Arab-Israeli … more

Antisemitism expresses itself in many forms, but few are as lethal or as persistent as the caricature of the hook-nosed Jew sitting on a pile of cash looking pleased with himself. This kind … more

The German government has created a commission of historians to study the massacre of Israeli athletes by Palestinian Arab terrorists at the 1972 Olympics in Munich. Germany’s … more

Israel Defense Forces killed three top Palestinian Islamic Jihad leaders in strikes across the Gaza Strip early on Tuesday morning, following a month of intermittent confrontations with terrorists in … more

Caught in the middle of violence between northeastern India’s Meitei Hindus and Kuki Christians, the Bnei Menashe, who claim descent from a lost biblical tribe and whom Israel accepts upon … more

If there was ever a holiday that celebrates the strength and intelligence of women, Shavuot is it. Yes, I know that this joyous holiday is most commonly associated with Moses bringing the words … more

Sefer Vayikra is the only book in Tanach where we find the expression, v’yarata m’elokecha (“and you shall have awe for your G-d”). It appears three times in Parashat … more

The Torah gives three examples of “Your brother becoming impoverished.” (V’khi yamukh achikha). The first has to do with selling family property, and how it returns to the … more