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Make America Good Again

Ari Lamm

American politics are chaotic these days. But if you want a glimpse into the future, take a look at the Supreme Court decision handed down at the stroke of...

Israelโ€™s Political Mythology

Ari Lamm

Israel may be the land of the Hebrew Bible, but few expected the leader of Israelโ€™s Arab parties to mark his recent electoral success with a verse from the...

Judaismโ€™s Pro-Natalist Heritage

Ari Lamm

Tacitus, the great Roman historian of the first two centuries A.D., disdained the Jewsโ€™ conviction that it is โ€œa crime to kill any late born child.โ€ For many Romans,...