The forbidden woman and the patriarchy: Shmuel’s final masterpiece
Shmuel is awakened by a fugitive seeking sanctuary. Shmuel bears much responsibility for David’s predicament, but it’s not clear what he...
Humiliating the Sotah and the Torah’s dark side
It’s 3,000 years ago, you’re a local tribal leader, and you want to combat honor killings, what do you do? You already made murder...
The Last Kaddish
When Buchenwald was liberated, Elie Wiesel recalled, some people ran to the soldiers. Some ran to their families. Some broke down and...
The Book of Life and Love, not Knowledge and Righteousness
“I have placed before you today the life and the good and the death and the evil,” Moshe tells us. “Choose life.” Maybe those are two...
The Ashrei of Tisha B’Av
My favorite verses of the year are the start of the Ashrei that follows the Kinot of Tisha B’Av morning. We’re sitting on the floor,...
The Krauthammer Corollaries
“To understand the workings of American politics, you have to understand this fundamental law: Conservatives think liberals are stupid....
Kahneman and Ariely on the psychology of peace
“What does psychology have to say about peace with the Palestinians?” Get The Times of Israel's Daily Edition by email and never miss...
From Aloni-Deri to Lapid-Bennett
Twenty one years ago, Shulamit Aloni’s Meretz party and Aryeh Deri’s Shas party needed to sit together in a coalition. Aloni assured...
Center of what? Media’s self-centered bias
You know the old “New Yorker’s view of the world” map where Manhattan is bigger than Asia and 3 stops on the N train is about the...
Why the Imperfect God idea matters
With his An Imperfect God essay in the New York Times, Dr. Yoram Hazony set off a new round of discussions surrounding the question of if...