Iran Built a Facility to Develop Nuclear Weapons and Hid It from Inspectors during Negotiations with the West
The Shahid Mahalatti “pilot plant.”
April 13, 2020
A New Book Reveals Some Forgotten, but Remarkable, American Jewish Women
From Barbadian slave to respected member of New York’s Jewish elite.
Using artifacts—a kiddush cup, a portrait, broken teacups—together with the written record, Laura Leibman reconstructs the biographies of a few fascinating figures in American Jewish history in her recent book, The Art of the Jewish Family: A History of Women in Early New York in Five Objects. Among the titular objects is a miniature ivory portrait of Sarah Brandon Moses, which has been preserved alongside one of her brother, Isaac Lopez Brandon. Jenna Weissman Joselit writes in her review:
April 13, 2020
Why the Israeli President Denied Benny Gantz’s Request for More Time to Form a Government
By taking away both sides’ chance to stall, Reuven Rivlin may have prevented a fourth election.
How Ultra-Orthodox Attitudes toward the Israeli State and the Duties of Citizenship Shaped the Response to the Coronavirus
Public-health measures or religious repression?
In America and Israel, the Story of Soviet Jewry Is Being Rapidly Forgotten
The struggle for Jewish dignity that once sparked Jewish pride in millions is slipping from memory.
A New Book Reveals Some Forgotten, but Remarkable, American Jewish Women
From Barbadian slave to respected member of New York’s Jewish elite.