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The Path of Most Resistance

It is commonly assumed that European Jews made little effort to resist the Nazis.  But, if we "look for resistance where it was possible to resist," then "we come to a very different conclusion."Hitting the Gas

In addition to giving Israel energy independence for the first time in its history, Israel's maritime natural gas reserves may make it a major gas exporter to Asia over the coming decades.“The Feminist Time Forgot”

Shulamith Firestone rejected her Orthodox upbringing and authoritarian father  to become one of the leaders of late 1960s radical feminism.  But her father's death reduced her to insanity.Was Crucifixion a Jewish Penalty?

Although never enumerated among biblical forms of capital punishment, both Josephus and the Dead Sea Scrolls suggest that during the Hasmonean era, crucifixion was part of Jewish penal legislation.“More Estonians than Etonians”

A philo-Semite ever since her family rescued a Jewish girl from Vienna in 1938, Margaret Thatcher gave unprecedented prominence to Jewish politicians in her government.Israel’s High Holidays

Once scorned as a representation of the Old Jew's weakness, Yom Hashoah is now as much a Zionist commemoration as Yom Hazikaron and Yom Ha'atzma'ut.  But is that right?Draft Priorities

"I think there’s a legitimate basis for having a certain number of people, who contribute in a meaningful way to the discourse of the beit midrash, who are exempt from army service."Teaching Like Strauss

Countering the scientization of the academy, Leo Strauss defended philosophy as the route to understanding "the dignity of the mind," and thereby "the true ground of the dignity of man."Strangers in the Land

For over 300 years, Egyptians and Canaanites fought for control of Jaffa.  But their violent interactions went hand-in-hand with cultural exchange.Smiling on Yom Hashoah

On Holocaust survivors at a Montreal memorial service: “Here they are, 68 years later, with their grandchildren. They have rebuilt their families and made profound contributions to our community.”