Iran Is Trying to Inspire Homegrown Terror
Salman Rushdie, and an American lured into a tryst at a Las Vegas hotel room, have already fallen victim.
July 27, 2023
Anti-Semitism Has a Lot to Do with the French Riots—Just Not in the Way Many Think
Violence against Jews was a dress-rehearsal for the subsequent terror to fall on everyone.
When riots swept through France following the death of a seventeen-year-old at the hands of the police, it was hard not to see important resonances with the recent experiences of French Jewry: the rioters tended to be young Muslims of African origin from the slum-like suburbs known as banlieues—in other words, they came from the same population that has been the source of pervasive, and sometimes murderous, anti-Semitism. Many observers cited the vandalization of a World War II memorial in the city of Nanterre; one article described the outbreak of violence as an intifada. But Marc Weitzmann argues that it is wrong to see the rioters as motivated by anti-Semitism:
July 27, 2023
Benjamin Netanyahu Is Preparing for His Trip to China with Realistic Expectations
Beijing and Jerusalem won’t be friends. But it’s better not to be foes either.
Anti-Semitism Has a Lot to Do with the French Riots—Just Not in the Way Many Think
Violence against Jews was a dress-rehearsal for the subsequent terror to fall on everyone.
Tisha b’Av in Catalonia, and a Torrent of Emotion
Historic Texts Bear the Centuries-Old Marks of Past Mourners for Jerusalem
Wax stains from fast days gone by.