America Needs to Think Big about Confronting Iran
Rollback.
January 26, 2023
Anti-Semitism Seems No Barrier to Ambassadorial Appointments
The Senate dropped its concerns about Elizabeth Frawley Bagley’s observations on “the Jewish lobby” and its “major money.”
Earlier this month, Elizabeth Frawley Bagley was sworn in as the new U.S. ambassador to Brazil. Bagley was nominated a year ago, but her appointment was held up over concerns—voiced by senators from both parties—regarding comments she had made about “the influence of the Jewish lobby,” which she equated with “major money.” When questioned about these and similar declarations during senate hearings, her replies amounted to something less than an apology, as Melissa Langsam Braunstein writes:
January 26, 2023
Anti-Semitism Seems No Barrier to Ambassadorial Appointments
The Senate dropped its concerns about Elizabeth Frawley Bagley’s observations on “the Jewish lobby” and its “major money.”
Protecting the Religious Rights of Inmates Has Implications beyond the Prison Walls
The law as written is unenforceable.
A British Sephardi Rabbi in the Age of Enlightenment, Deism, and False Messianism
David Nieto.
Archaeologists Discover the Silk Road’s Israeli Branch
Textiles from China, India, and Sudan dating back 1,300 years.