A New Book Tries, and Fails, to Understand the West Bank’s Jews
Unsettled.
August 22, 2017
A New Book Tries, and Fails, to Understand the West Bank’s Jews
Unsettled.
In City on a Hilltop, Sara Yael Hirschhorn seeks to explain Israel’s settler movement, rejecting the common misconception that its members are fanatics uniformly motivated by religious zeal and ferocious nationalism. Nonetheless, writes Evelyn Gordon, Hirschhorn fails to look past her own political assumptions:
August 22, 2017
Terror Will Continue until Muslims Reject the Idea of the Caliphate
Time to stop blaming the West.
How Mahmoud Abbas Emerged Victorious from the Temple Mount Crisis
Palestinians feel a sense of achievement.
The Fire That Erased Much of Salonica’s Jewish Character
Greek authorities prevented Jews from rebuilding.
Egypt Seizes a Collection of Odd Jewish Artifacts
Including “the commandments of Judas Iscariot” and a bad translation into Hebrew.