The Israel-Sudan Deal Is a Blow to Both Hamas and Iran
And another dent in Arab and Muslim opposition to the Jewish state.
October 27, 2020
How Anti-Israel Politics Overtook Durham, North Carolina
Anti-Semitism goes local.
In April of 2018, the Durham city council adopted, by unanimous vote, a statement opposing “international exchanges with any country in which Durham officers receive military-style training.” The statement concluded with some generic declarations about racial justice, clarifying that “Black lives matter.” But it began with a quotation from the municipal police chief stating clearly “there has been no effort while I have served as chief of police to initiate or participate in any exchange to Israel, nor do I have any intention to do so.” This disclaimer points to the origins of the statement in a petition from an offshoot of Jewish Voice for Peace, a particularly vicious anti-Israel group. In his speech in favor of the resolution, Durham’s mayor made the connection to the Jewish state clear, as Sean Cooper reports:
October 27, 2020
Will a Biden Administration Undermine Recent Progress in the Middle East?
Unlikely, but it could drive U.S. allies into the arms of China.
How Anti-Israel Politics Overtook Durham, North Carolina
Anti-Semitism goes local.
The Race to Preserve and Document the Sacred Traditions of Ethiopian Jewry
The Orit Guardians.
Gertrude Himmelfarb, the Outstanding Historian of Modern Morality
What a scholar learned from the Victorians.