Sorry Excuses for a Misguided Policy in Syria
Attacking straw men.
September 1, 2016
France’s Burkini Ban and Why Israel Is More Democratic as a Jewish State
No swimwear problems in Tel Aviv.
A few days ago, a French high court overturned local regulations outlawing the full-body swimsuit favored by devout Muslims. Those bans, issued in response to terrorism, would be inconceivable in Israel, despite the fact that it has a larger Muslim population and a bigger terrorism problem. To Evelyn Gordon, this difference suggests that, contrary to what many believe, there is no tension between Israel’s democracy and its Jewishness. Rather, being a Jewish state makes it more free:
September 1, 2016
France’s Burkini Ban and Why Israel Is More Democratic as a Jewish State
No swimwear problems in Tel Aviv.
The British Lawyer Who Whitewashed Labor’s Anti-Semitism in Exchange for a Peerage
And who doesn’t see Islamic terror as particularly perilous.
Archaeologists Find What Could Have Been One of King Solomon’s Palaces
The city of Gezer.
Taxidermy and Ancient Artifacts on Display at Brooklyn’s Living Torah Museum
An Orthodox rabbi’s unorthodox museum.