Iran’s Attempts to Hide Its Anti-Semitic Past—and Present
Javad Zarif boasts of tolerance. An Iranian Jew begs to differ.
April 27, 2015
Anthony Trollope’s Jewish Preoccupation
Why was the English novelist so interested in Jews?
The 19th-century English novelist Anthony Trollope created no small number of Jewish characters, many but not all of them portrayed in an unflattering light. Ann Marlow attributes Trollope’s interest in Jews to his own insecurity as a member of a poor but genteel family who spent much of his life struggling to improve his financial situation:
April 27, 2015
Increased Military Spending Is a Must for Israel’s New Government
Benny Gantz's 2013 plan to cut funding was disastrously misguided.
Reinterpreting Religious Freedom, Obama-Style
The Justice Department's plan will turn judges into religious interpreters.
Anthony Trollope’s Jewish Preoccupation
Why was the English novelist so interested in Jews?
Elections at Palestinian Universities Show the Fragility of Abbas’s Rule
The meaning of a landslide Hamas victory at a student-council election.