The Israeli Government Regains the Right to Represent Itself in Court
A step toward making Israel more democratic.
December 11, 2018
Have Gallup and the Holocaust Museum Cherrypicked Data to Defend FDR?
By 1944, a majority of Americans were willing to take in European Jewish refugees.
In a recent talk at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, Frank Newport, the editor-in-chief of Gallup, and Daniel Greene, the curator of a current exhibition on American public opinion and the Shoah, spoke about the popular hostility in the 1930s and 40s to the idea of allowing Jewish refugees into the country. Among other things, they called attention to the fact that, in November 1938, 72 percent of respondents objected to opening the gates of the U.S. to European Jews. In what he believes to be an effort to protect the legacy of President Roosevelt, Rafael Medoff notes some important statistics that were glossed over:
December 11, 2018
With Advanced Technology, Russia Is Making It Harder for the U.S. and Israel to Operate in Syria
Surface-to-air missiles and electronic warfare.
The UN’s Human-Rights Day Is Nothing to Celebrate
In Turtle Bay and Geneva, defending human rights means condemning Israel.
Have Gallup and the Holocaust Museum Cherrypicked Data to Defend FDR?
By 1944, a majority of Americans were willing to take in European Jewish refugees.
Archaeologists Find a Rare Flax Wick from Ancient Israel
Casting new light on a well-known talmudic passage.