How the U.S. Can Shape a Lasting Iran Policy with Elections on the Horizon
Tighten sanctions, and continue sabotage.
September 2, 2020
Amidst Controversy in Israel over a Pilgrimage to Ukraine, Some Reflections on Religion, Superstition, and Visiting Tombs
Faith is what you struggle with when you do not have the crutch of easy graving.
In 1768, with Poland in the midst of a bloody civil war, pro-Russian forces attacked the city of Uman in present-day Ukraine. The town’s Jewish and Polish residents fought side by side, but, after thousands were killed, the Poles made peace, and thousands more Jews were massacred. In 1810, the ḥasidic rabbi Naḥman of Bratslav came there to spend his final months, and thereafter pilgrims flocked to his grave every year on the holiday of Rosh Hashanah. These pilgrimages have, since the fall of the USSR, been massive gatherings, bringing thousands of Jews—most ḥasidic, but some secular—to the town, especially from Israel.
September 2, 2020
Why Pakistan Won’t Be Next to Make Peace with Israel
Anti-Semitism and inertia.
California Considers a Radical High-School Curriculum That Opens the Door to Anti-Semitism
To the gurus of ethnic studies, Jews possess “racial privilege.”
A New Book Takes an Intimate Look at an Ordinary SS Officer
More than just a small cog in a large machine.
Amidst Controversy in Israel over a Pilgrimage to Ukraine, Some Reflections on Religion, Superstition, and Visiting Tombs
Faith is what you struggle with when you do not have the crutch of easy graving.