Hassan Nasrallah
The Next Lebanon War
A Lebanon-Israel conflict is a matter of when, not if, and the United States has an interest in the outcome
Syriana
Bashar al-Assad has maintained his country’s key position in Mideast politics by drawing out the peace process and turning it into warfare by other means
Craving
Hezbollah’s Hassan Nasrallah wants war. His public wants war. But to get the war that he wants, he has to wait.
Reading Like a Middle Easterner
Where we see coincidences in U.S. news coverage of the Middle East, locals see conspiracies—and sometimes they’re right
My Grandmother Loves Hezbollah
She loves peace, but she also loves the pride and dignity the Iran-backed group and its leader, Hassan Nasrallah, claim to provide
Daybreak: Settlements Deal Close
Plus a nuclear Iran, Tel Aviv threatened, and more in the news
When General Grant Expelled the Jews
The End of the Jewish Left
Political theorist Michael Walzer and others argue about the death of the century-long Jewish-Leftist alliance
Voices Raised for Jerusalem
The Zamir Chorale brings its Jewish choral music to Jazz at Lincoln Center in celebration of Yom Yerushalayim
Old Jews Telling More Jokes
The web series ‘Old Jews Telling Jokes’ goes off-Broadway, with shtick, songs, and a script by writer Daniel Okrent
The Most Perfect Hebrew Bible
The medieval Aleppo Codex was safeguarded for centuries in Syria. The problems started when it arrived in Israel.
