On the Anniversary of Kristallnacht, a British Mob Tries to Break the Windows of the Israeli Ambassador’s Car
An organized response to an invitation to speak at the London School of Economics.
November 11, 2021
Genetics, History, and the Mystery of Jewish Resilience
“A diamond created by the vice-like pressure of persecution.”
In recent years, comparative DNA studies have shed some partial light on how Jews spread to the four corners of the earth, and the possible connections of the most distant communities in Africa, India, and China to the rest of the Jewish people. Razib Khan, a geneticist, surveys some of these data, and their implications. Take, for instance, the Bene Israel Jews of Western India, who today number about 60,000, most of whom live in Israel. Unlike India’s Baghdadi Jews, whose ancestors came from the Middle East in modern times, the Bene Israel have far murkier origins, even if they are far less mysterious than those of the B’nei Menashe of the northeastern part of the country. Khan writes:
November 11, 2021
Iran’s Attack on the Iraqi Prime Minister Is Only the Latest Attempt to Uproot Democracy
Mustafa al-Kadhimi is slowly trying to free his country from Tehran’s clutches.
American Mosques Have an Anti-Semitism Problem
“The most devilish ones on the earth.”
The Jewish Refugee Commandos Who Fought Hitler under the Union Jack
The modern-day Maccabees of X Troop.
Genetics, History, and the Mystery of Jewish Resilience
“A diamond created by the vice-like pressure of persecution.”