Reforms to the Law of Return Are Not an Attack on American Jewry
Preserving, not overthrowing, the status quo.
December 22, 2022
Albanian Jewry Gets Its Own Museum
A rich 1,800-year history.
Exiled by the sultan to a town in what is now Montenegro, the 17th-century false messiah Shabbetai Tsvi, although a nominal convert to Islam, was desperate to acquire some Jewish books. Thus, not long before his death he wrote to the nearby Jewish community of Berat, requesting that they send some. Berat was but one of several flourishing Jewish communities in what is now Albania, the largest of which was located in Vlorë—a city that will now get a Jewish museum. Avi Kumar writes:
December 22, 2022
The Killing of an Irish Soldier in Lebanon Demonstrates the Weakness of the UN
But it presents an opportunity to stand up to Hizballah.
The Execution That Signaled the End of Iraqi Jewry
The Adas affair.
The Moral Meaning of the Hasmoneans’ War on Sports
The Maccabees fought with heroic strength against the exaltation of heroic strength.
Albanian Jewry Gets Its Own Museum
A rich 1,800-year history.