Iran’s Latin American Resurgence
Riding the pink wave.
August 2, 2022
During the First Crusade, Jews Did Not Go Like Lambs to the Slaughter
The theological and literary history of one of Europe’s first great outbreaks of anti-Semitic violence.
In 1095, Pope Urban II called for the First Crusade to wrest Jerusalem from Muslim rule. To some Christians, it seemed unnecessary to travel great distances to fight infidels when there were infidels to attack in their own towns and villages. Thus in 1096 brutal mob violence was unleashed on the Jews of northwestern Europe, and especially the Rhineland. Leading rabbis among the survivors later composed kinot, or dirges, replete with complex biblical and talmudic allusions, to commemorate the resulting destruction. These have since been incorporated into the liturgy of the Ninth of Av—observed this coming Sunday—on which Jews mourn the destruction of the two temples and other national calamities.
August 2, 2022
How the Stasi and KGB Fostered Germany’s Neo-Nazi Movement
A mission in which a young Vladimir Putin was involved.
An Anti-Semitic UN Commissioner Admits to Lobbying Congress and Otherwise Exceeding His Mandate
The U.S. can take concrete steps in response.
How Jews Made the Art World Modern
“What would have become of us,” asked Picasso,“if Kahnweiler had not had a business sense?”
During the First Crusade, Jews Did Not Go Like Lambs to the Slaughter
The theological and literary history of one of Europe’s first great outbreaks of anti-Semitic violence.