Bashar al-Assad Is Using Chemical Weapons Again. Will the U.S. Avert Its Gaze?
Last year’s airstrike worked, but only for a time.
February 8, 2018
A Czech Synagogue Tries to Reconstruct the Library of Its Great 17th-Century Rabbi
Shabbetai ha-Kohen’s books.
Born in or near Vilnius, Shabbetai ha-Kohen (1621-1662) spent his final years as the rabbi of the Moravian city of Holesov, now in the Czech Republic. Shabbetai, known to posterity by the acronym Shakh, was one of the foremost talmudists of his day, his most important work being a commentary on part of the Shulḥan Arukh—by his day the standard code of Jewish law. Local archivists in Holesov are now trying to assemble a library of historic copies of his works:
February 8, 2018
Hamas Is Rebuilding Its West Bank Infrastructure
The carefully planned murder of Raziel Shevach was the work of skilled terrorists.
Why Looney Anti-Semites Remain Respectable
Lawrence Wilkerson thinks the Jews are manipulating the country into war with Iran.
Céline’s Rehabilitation, from Nazi Collaborator to Distinguished Novelist
And what to do with great artists who used their pens for evil purposes.
A Czech Synagogue Tries to Reconstruct the Library of Its Great 17th-Century Rabbi
Shabbetai ha-Kohen’s books.