Iran Returns to Gaza
A counterpoint to the reconciliation deal.
October 26, 2017
Don’t Send the Iraqi Jewish Archive Back to Iraq
Tantamount to returning stolen treasure to a thief.
In 2003, U.S. forces in Iraq discovered thousands of books, Torah scrolls, and documents belonging to the local Jewish community in the flooded basement of the headquarters of Saddam Hussein’s secret police. They sent the collection, which includes many manuscripts dating to the 16th century, to Washington, DC, where it has been preserved and restored. But, following an agreement between the Obama administration and the Iraqi government, the State Department plans to return the archive to Iraq next year. Joseph Samuels, who was born in Baghdad in 1930, urges them to reconsider:
October 26, 2017
In Greece, Public Opinion on Israel May Be Following Diplomacy and Economics
Anti-Semitism seems to be diminishing.
Why Did Jews Support the Bolsheviks?
Only the Red Army tried to prevent pogroms.
Don’t Send the Iraqi Jewish Archive Back to Iraq
Tantamount to returning stolen treasure to a thief.
The Orthodoxies of the University Are Far More Dogmatic Than Those of the Faithful
Secular faiths on campus demand certainty about questions that are too complex and too broad for certainty to be possible.