Bassam Tawil is a scholar based in the Middle East. This article originally appeared on the Gatestone Institute website (gatestoneinstitute.org).

Rabbi David Fohrman is the dean of Aleph Beta Academy. He has taught at Johns Hopkins University, and was a lead writer and editor for ArtScroll's Talmud translation project. Aleph Beta creates videos ...

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Levi Eshkol (1895-1969), born Levi Shkolnik in the small Ukrainian town of Oratov, emerged from humble beginnings to become one of Israel’s most consequential, yet least celebrated, leaders. His early ...

Maintaining faith through almost two millennia of persecution in exile was a monumental challenge. Yet, with unwavering courage and resilience, our ancestors found strength in Torah and mitzvot and ...

Abortion is complex on many levels – halachically, hashkafically, emotionally, and politically. For the American Jewish community, the issue is fraught because of the secular laws and politics ...

Question: What do Marion Anderson, Pete Seeger, John Lennon, Woody Gutherie, Harry Belafonte, and Bob Dylan all have in common? Marion Anderson’s signature on a 1955 Israel Philharmonic program.

In the financial world, few things offer more comfort than receiving a large sum of cash. The challenge is how to handle a windfall responsibly based on the markets, economic environment, and personal ...

Harvard University has shown appropriate sensitivity to the African American community by agreeing to relinquish seven photographs of half-naked Black slaves, which a professor commissioned in 1850 ...

Walter Disney (1901-66), a worldwide cultural icon, was an animator, film producer, and entrepreneur credited with pioneering the American animation industry. His films, which are beloved worldwide, ...

The Mishna (Sanhedrin 9:1) states that a murderer receives his death penalty via sayif (execution via sword, one of the four methods that a Jewish court would carry ...

Abulafia describes the initial encounter with prophetic awareness and how it impacts the recipient. The “use” that can be made of prophecy is highly contingent upon the preparation and training of the ...