Two Questions about President Biden’s Iran Strategy
Is the White House serious about curbing Tehran’s ambitions?
February 25, 2021
For the Jews of 19th-Century America, the Purim Ball Became the Event of the Year
A celebration of being comfortable in the U.S.
On the holiday of Purim, which begins this evening, communal feasts and celebrations are common—or at least were before the coronavirus. But in America 150 years ago, a different custom developed. Zev Eleff writes:
February 25, 2021
To Avoid Anti-Semitism Scandals, Universities Should Avoid Hiring Professors Whose Work Is Contaminated by the Hatred of Jews
A British professor libels Jewish students at his own university.
Amid the Coronavirus, Germany Sees a Spike in Anti-Semitism
From right and left, jihadist and Querdenker.
The Uses of Esther, from Crypto-Jews to Sojourner Truth
And its profound theological relevance.
For the Jews of 19th-Century America, the Purim Ball Became the Event of the Year
A celebration of being comfortable in the U.S.