What Israel Can Learn from the War in Ukraine
Preparing for a new era of drone warfare.
March 9, 2023
China’s War on Religion
To Beijing, any belief in a higher authority is a threat.
The Chinese government’s merciless and systematic persecution of its Uighur Muslim population is not, primarily, due to concerns over terrorism, or an antipathy to Islam per se, or ethnic hostility, or even the traditional Marxist belief that religion is the “opiate of the masses,” but results from the Communist party’s inability to tolerate any claim that there is a source of authority higher than the state. Thus argues Nina Shea in explaining Beijing’s wholesale campaign against religious minorities—including Muslims, Christians, practitioners of Falun Gong, and, according to some reports, the remnants of the medieval Jewish community of Kaifeng. (Interview by Jeremy Hunt. Video, 38 minutes. Audio is available at the link below.)
March 9, 2023
China’s War on Religion
To Beijing, any belief in a higher authority is a threat.
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How not to remember the murder of Ilan Halimi.
Isaac Babel’s Boyish Shame and Adult Pride in His Raucous Jewish Family
A new translation of “In the Basement.”
The Jewish Queen Who Tried to Stop the Revolt That Led to the Second Temple’s Destruction
Berenice beyond her many marriages.