A Plan for Cleaning Up President Obama’s Mess in Syria
Build a Syrian army from scratch.
October 27, 2016
Bringing Scholarship Back to Middle East Studies
War on Error.
The War on Error: Israel, Islam, and the Middle East contains 25 essays by the historian Martin Kramer on a variety of topics. Jonathan Marks notes that underlying these pieces, some of which were first published in Mosaic, is Kramer’s commitment to pursuing the truth through rigorous scholarship, even when he himself admits he is far from dispassionate about the subject matter. In one essay, Kramer dismantles an unfounded claim made repeatedly by the Columbia historian and Edward Said protégé Rashid Khalidi—and, in doing so, makes the contrast between himself and so many in his field especially stark:
October 27, 2016
Bringing Scholarship Back to Middle East Studies
War on Error.
No, To Call Someone Who Denies Jews a Land of Their Own an Anti-Semite Is Not to Stifle Criticism of Israel
It’s simply calling things as they are.
A California Court Prevents a Yom Kippur Ritual
Animal-rights activists vs. kapparot—and religious freedom.
School Vouchers, Day Schools, and Fun Holidays Can Get Children Excited about Judaism
Not High Holy Day services.