Kind: Reads

Here’s the headline of the Washington Post report on the closing of the Rafah crossing in Gaza: “With Rafah crossing closed by Israel, Gazans have no way out,” by Miriam Berger and Hajar Harb, Washington Post, June 15, 2024: Israel’s offensive in Rafah, aimed at eliminating Hamas’s last battalions, has dashed any hope of escape […]

The story of a fourth-century Jewish revolt that not everyone is convinced took place

“I have made very clear to the Israelis what they have to do in the near term, and if they don’t, what’s going to happen.” The Biden administration had not set out to defeat Hamas, but to defeat the Israeli government. That’s why the proposed Biden deal will protect Hamas and allow it to control […]

The vandal doesn’t realize it, but the Biblical quote undermines the whole claim that the “Palestinians” are the indigenous people of the region. Or maybe he does. Vandalizing a synagogue in New York is not fighting for justice. pic.twitter.com/u3pGREdsLv — Hen Mazzig (@HenMazzig) June 14, 2024 “Park Avenue Synagogue vandalized with ‘Palestine’ graffiti,” by Michael […]

For the Israeli left, gender segregation in the public sphere is only kosher for Muslims and the “sisterhood.”

Hamas has broken past deals too many times to be trusted, said a senior Israeli official.

Celebrating Shavuot With Ben Shapiro by Shira Schechter

Hearing Shapiro’s powerful and thought-provoking words in the heart of Jerusalem while celebrating the festival commemorating the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai was incredibly uplifting. It served as a timely reminder to cherish our ancient traditions while collectively working towards a brighter future for both the Jewish people and our Christian allies, especially here in the holy land of Israel.

Black Jews mark the holiday their own way

Now that the four hostages recently rescued by the Israelis from their imprisonment in the homes of “innocent civilians” in the Nuseirat refugee camp are safely back home with their ecstatic families, the detailed story of how their rescues were planned and executed can be told. You can find more about the rescues here: “The […]

The English word “resilience,” from the Latin resilire, literally means “to rebound.” For most of its 400-year history, the term was understood as a property of an object. The resilience of a material was determined by its ability to bounce back under stress and resume its original form or shape. In recent decades, this mechanical […]

In an essay in Commentary in 1994, the historian Jonathan D. Sarna pushed back on the Jewish community’s then-obsession with “continuity.” Continuity had become the rallying cry of North American Jewish Federations and JCCs, and Sarna was making the case that “when Jewish life has been threatened,” the solution often came from discontinuity: a break […]

Left antisemitism, acceptable racism, and the post-liberalism of fools

The New Apostolic Reformation Wants God’s Government Back by David R. Brockman

A “prophetic” movement, led in part by Texans, is gaining ground—and everyone should pay attention.

Nostalgia for his time in office is really dumb