open.substack.com/pub/bariweiss/… ‘“We are increasingly incapable of actually focusing on having sustained, nuanced, thoughtful conversations,” Usha said. She thought that one of the ways to counteract that was to read “paper books.”’ Easiest way to make me like you: talk about books.

In the midst of the political conflict, we, the workers of the Manuscript House in Sana'a, fear that we will lose our rare and valuable manuscripts that we have early three centuries.

Books matter.

Never Again. On National Days of Remembrance of Victims in the Holocaust, Jeanette and I commemorate the six million Jews and millions of others who were murdered by the Nazis and their collaborators. We must fight antisemitism worldwide and safeguard Jewish communities so Never

Good meeting. We discussed a lot one on one. Hoping for results on everything we covered. Protecting lives of our people. Full and unconditional ceasefire. Reliable and lasting peace that will prevent another war from breaking out. Very symbolic meeting that has potential to

Excellent story Tablet Magazine tabletmag.com/feature/price-…

First photo of Edan when he was handed to the Red Cross

DHS terminates temporary protected status program for Afghans - POLITICO politico.com/news/2025/05/1…

They deserve better than the betrayal we (Both: Donald J. Trump & Joe Biden) are giving them. Veteran suicides will spike & more of our allies will be slaughtered. A Letter to Kristi Noem from an Afghan Ally gcvfriends.com/p/a-letter-to-…

Welcome to the Moses Ben Maimon Synagogue (Moses Ben Maimon Synagogue), President Donald J. Trump!

"Like Petrarch, my books know infinitely more than I do, and I'm grateful that they even tolerate my presence." - Alberto Manguel

"Late last year we ran into each other at a policy roundtable. He made his way around the table saying hello to everyone, then slid into the seat next to mine. As the discussion went on, we passed notes back and forth like bored schoolkids, only our notes were critiques of

Smuggled secrets and sacred scripts from Syria jns.org/smuggled-secre… via Jewish News Syndicate National Library of Israel

The magnificent 14th-century Shem Tov Bible comes home to Jerusalem... The National Library of Israel is proud to announce that the Shem Tov Bible, a monumental work of biblical, artistic, Masoretic, and kabbalistic scholarship, is on public display at the Library as of this

Cairo has denied any plans to alter the status of Saint Catherine Monastery, saying the court ruling merely 'regulates' its legal status. Greece should be asking follow-up questions.

Meanwhile, Egypt continues to withhold hundreds of manuscripts taken from the Bassatine cemetery genizah and the local Jewish community. Can we trust a promise for St. Catherine’s?

Somewhere, there is an editor named Edward. His colleagues get to say “Eddie edited it.”

Special Rapporteur UN Special Rapporteur Cultural Rights, what's going on with St. Catherine's Monastery? Isn't Egypt encroaching on the cultural rights of the monks, the Church of Sinai, and the wider Greek Orthodox Church? Thank you for your important work around the world. reuters.com/world/middle-e…