Robert Alter
Prime Minister Netanyahu, don’t take us to Masada
By Jeffrey Salkin — April 15, 2024
(RNS) — Israel survived a night of dark fear. Let's keep it that way.
The top 10 news stories in Judaism of 2019
By A. James Rudin — December 27, 2019
(RNS) — The most important events and trends of the year in Judaism, from the horror of the Tree of Life Synagogue shooting to the hope of a burgeoning birth rate in Israel.
In Robert Alter’s majestic Bible translation, the achievement is in the details
By A. James Rudin — April 4, 2019
(RNS) — With an accurate, understandable translation that captures the unique sentence structure, style and syntax of the ancient language, Alter has set a new standard for biblical scholarship.
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