Jeremiah Unterman

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Nov 5, 2023, 7:32 PM

Why Not Flood the Tunnels?

As we have been told that the war to destroy Hamas may last months, a simple strategy to reduce IDF casualties and to get Hamas to surrender comes to mind. Why not flood the tunnels with Mediterranean Sea water?...

Jun 26, 2020, 12:22 AM

How Dare You, Mr. Asselborn!

The Times of Israel recently published an interview with Luxembourg’s Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn in which he is quoted as saying that Israel’s contemplated application of sovereignty rights to parts of the West Bank is “an annexation violates...

Apr 24, 2018, 12:03 PM

The Jewish Bible’s stand on migrants is unambiguous

Ruth on the fields of Boaz by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld (cropped) (Cc via Wikipedia)

Jewish scripture teaches that failure to attend to the rights of resident aliens will result in national catastrophe

Aug 7, 2016, 3:54 PM

Judaism’s role in history? Major!

Yuval Harari, the popular historian who counseled Jews to be more modest should follow his own advice

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About Me

Jeremiah Unterman is the Academic Editor of the new series, the Koren Tanakh of the Land of Israel, and a Resident Scholar at the Herzl Institute. He has been a Professor of Bible at Yeshiva University and elsewhere and is the author of Justice for All: How the Jewish Bible Revolutionized Ethics, published in 2017 by the Jewish Publication Society.