Essay
Moshe Dayan’s Tragic Blunder
The worst decision in Israel's history still has extremely negative effects today.
Speech
“His Deputy Anointed in His Sight”: Kingship in Shakespeare and the Hebrew Bible
How is monarchy in Judaism different from the works of Shakespeare, and what does this…
Essay
Look On Our Works, Ye Mighty
How Percy Bysshe Shelley's “Ozymandias” is an oddly perfect Hanukkah poem.
Essay
The Prime Minister and the Minyan
Among Israel's founders, only Begin sensed the key role that tradition would play in the…
Speech
Heads, Honey, Locusts, and Leeks
Why do some Jews eat leeks, dates, and even a sheep’s head on Rosh Hashanah?…
Essay
The Bones of the Blood Libel
The popularity of the blood libel, in its very absurdity, captures the essence of anti-Semitism.
Speech
What Jerusalem Means to Me: Russell Moore and Rabbi Meir Soloveichik
The prominent Christian theologian explains why Jerusalem is holy to Christians, and what that means…
Speech
The Symbols of Jerusalem: A Jerusalem 365 Launch Event
Rabbi Soloveichik walks viewers through the fascinating ways that Jews have related to Jerusalem, from…
Essay
The Little Nation That Could
A train ticket in Israel printed in Hebrew? The father of Zionism thought it was…
Speech
What Jerusalem Means to Me: Ben Shapiro and Rabbi Meir Soloveichik
The political commentator chats with Rabbi Soloveichik about the West's enduring debt to Jerusalem and…