Hizballah’s Influence Now Pervades Every Aspect of the Lebanese Government
No one can tell where one ends and the other begins.
July 18, 2019
How a Half-Jewish German Spy Smuggled the Lubavitcher Rebbe out of Poland
“The Roosevelt administration had decided to toss the Jewish community a bone.”
When World War II broke out, Yosef Yitzḥak Schneersohn, the sixth rebbe of the Chabad-Lubavitch Ḥasidim, was in Poland, where he had been living since 1934. His American followers immediately commenced efforts to bring him to the U.S., hiring a Washington lobbyist to contact congressmen, White House officials, and even Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis for help. Eventually, an American diplomat requested the intervention of his German counterpart, who readily agreed. As Larry Price puts it, “The Roosevelt administration had decided to toss the Jewish community a bone to keep them quiet, and the bone was Rabbi Schneersohn.”
July 18, 2019
Turkey’s Turn Eastward, and What It Means for Israel
Ankara has chosen Russia, Iran, and China over NATO.
How a Half-Jewish German Spy Smuggled the Lubavitcher Rebbe out of Poland
“The Roosevelt administration had decided to toss the Jewish community a bone.”
A Moat from the First Crusade Discovered Outside Jerusalem
A reminder of the murderous conquest of the city.
While Her Brother Worked to Obtain Britain’s Support for Zionism, Fanny Weizmann Spied for Germany
Doctor, Zionist pioneer, and undercover operative.