Iran’s Presence in Yemen Poses a Strategic Threat to Israel
A ring of fire
January 10, 2020
An Israeli Chief Rabbi’s Incendiary Comments Are Bad for Israel, and Worse for Its Relationship with the Diaspora
Even chief rabbis have obligations to the Jewish people.
Following a verbal attack on ultra-Orthodox Jews by a Soviet-born politician, Israel’s Sephardi chief rabbi, Yitzḥak Yosef, described immigrants from the former Soviet Union as “religion-hating Gentiles.” A recording of this and similar impolitic remarks was then circulated in the press, sparking controversy. Such comments don’t become a public figure, and have a corrosive effect on public discourse in the Jewish state, argues Jonathan Tobin, but they have an even worse effect overseas:
January 10, 2020
The Military Defeat of Islamic State Has Made Suicide Bombings Less Common—for Now
Jihadists remain responsible for most of them.
An Israeli Chief Rabbi’s Incendiary Comments Are Bad for Israel, and Worse for Its Relationship with the Diaspora
Even chief rabbis have obligations to the Jewish people.
The Hidden Jew as Critic
Did John Simon’s origins inform his idiosyncratic opinions?
When the New York City Bagel-Bakers’ Union Took on the Mafia—and Won
An even greater threat came from the mechanical bagel roller.