Israel’s Economy Thrives While the Middle East Disintegrates
From the Arab embargo to BDS, the Jewish state has won the economic war.
January 19, 2018
Can the U.S. Still Help Iran’s Anti-Government Movement?
Reversing eight years of appeasement.
While the protests in Iran are disappearing from the headlines, the sources of the resentment that fueled them remain very much present. Is there anything more the U.S. can do to encourage the demonstrators and dissidents? Can pressure on the ayatollahs—whether in the form of sanctions or seeking to contain Iran in Syria, Iraq, and Yemen—further weaken their control over the Iranian people? More broadly, what can be done to reverse eight years of American appeasement of the Islamic Republic? Brian Katulis, Charles Lister, Omri Ceren, and Michael Pregent address these and other questions. (Moderated by Joyce Karam. Video, 82 minutes.)
January 19, 2018
Can the U.S. Still Help Iran’s Anti-Government Movement?
Reversing eight years of appeasement.
All Too Slowly, Germany Is Waking Up to Contemporary Anti-Semitism
Fire-bombing a synagogue isn’t “criticism of Israel.”
How the Vatican’s Kidnapping of a Jewish Child in 1858 Started a Controversy in 2018
And why Catholics should condemn it.
Aharon Appelfeld’s Jewish Values and His Literary Style
A translator reminisces.