Elliot Jager's Blog On Jewish Civilization

Modern Jews have been examining "what it means to be Jewish" since the Enlightenment Here's one version of reality: Once upon...

The illusion of momentum isn't a good enough reason to reinvigorate the Quartet's involvement. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, in h...

I didn't vote for Gerald Ford. I went for his pro-Israel opponent, Jimmy Carter. LAST WEDNESDAY night, hours after former US president G...

The Looming Tower Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 By Lawrence Wright Knopf 480 pages £20/NIS 165 Last month an Islamic seminary in northwest ...

On those mornings when I take a bus from my southern Jerusalem neighborhood of Talpiot to the Post offices on the other side of town, I alwa...