Gershom Gorenberg
Maybe there will be quiet in and around Gaza on Thursday morning. This is not something to bet your savings on, or even your lunch money. According to this report , a Palestinian official says - as long as he can’t be quoted by name - that the fix is in for a ceasefire, [...]

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Readers’ notes in the last few days include these tidbits:

Moshe Feiglin, head of the Manhigut Yehudit (”Jewish Leadership”) faction in the Likud, has been touring the U.S., speaking at synagogues such as Congregation B’nai Yeshurun in Teaneck. Manhigut Yehudit’s website includes a draft constitution in Hebrew with such features as a rabbinical council that could [...]

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