Iran’s Defeat May Not Be Immediate, but Effective Containment Is at Hand
Learning the right lessons from the collapse of the USSR.
August 20, 2018
A Novel about the Latin American Inquisition with Surprising Relevance for Today’s Jews
Long before demanding Jews’ bodies, anti-Semitic societies demanded Jews’ dignity.
First published in 1991, Against the Inquisition, by the Argentine Jewish novelist Marcos Aguinis, appeared in English only this year. Like most of Aguinis’s works, it deals with weighty themes tied to Jewish history—in this case, the Inquisition in South America. Dara Horn writes in her review:
August 20, 2018
The Oslo Accords, after 25 Years, Have Left Israel with a Situation It Can Neither Accept nor Be Rid Of
The anniversary of a failed experiment.
Why Were Israeli Flags Banned at a Recent Mass-Protest in Tel Aviv?
Arab leaders fear the nation-state law will impede their decades-long effort to erode Israel’s Jewish identity.
A Novel about the Latin American Inquisition with Surprising Relevance for Today’s Jews
Long before demanding Jews’ bodies, anti-Semitic societies demanded Jews’ dignity.
The Unique and Complex Origins of Italian Jews
As told by their surnames.