Today's Posthumous Promotion of Alfred Dreyfus to General in the French Army

Haftarah Toldos: Quantity vs. quality in the performance of mitzvos. An age-old problem. Sigh

Manasseh Ben Israel's (very recently translated from the Latin) "Thirty Problem Concerning מַעֲשֵׂה בְּרֵאשִׁית"

Parshas Toldos: Was Yitzchak Avinu poverty-stricken (Ibn Ezra)?

The recent 50th anniversary (November 10, 1975) of Moynihan's great speech at the UN excoriating the אֻמּוֹת הָעוֹלָם for officially branding Zionism as Racism

Rabbi Michoel Forshlager of Baltimore: His recent yahrtzeit and some thoughts on this remarkable gadol

הַפְטָרָה פָּרָשַׁת חַיֵּי שָׂרָה תשפ"ו Adonijah vs. Shlomo: the Background

Parshas Chayei Sarah: Why does Avrohom adjure Eliezer not to take a wife from the Bnos Knaani for Yitzchok?

The Current Christian Dispute Between Philosemites and Antisemites

Haftarah VaYera: Elisha and the Shunamis

Psalm 83 and the current coinciding of שִׂנְאַת יִשְׂרָאֵל on the part of the Antisemitic Christian influencers and their counterparts in the בני ישמעאל world

Parshas VaYera: The Rashbam's unique take on Abraham's encounter with the Three Angels

Part 2: The Other "Hellenistic Judaism" - not the Chanukah villains

The Current Wave of Antisemitism in Italy - My reaction to a podcast

Part 1: The Other "Hellenistic Judaism" - not the Chanukah villains

Haftarah Lech Lecha: Drawing inspiration from Abraham's victory over the Four Kings

Parshas Lech Lecha: "And he will be a wild donkey of a man..."

The Abarbanel on the Stories in Genesis: The relationship between literal and symbolic meanings of Scripture

Haftarah Noach: The Flood as a metonymy for Jewish suffering down the Ages...

Parshas Noach: Noah and "the Day After"