How Mahmoud Abbas Punished His People by Ceasing To Cooperate with Israel
Risking lawlessness and economic disaster to fund terror.
December 15, 2020
How Labor Zionists Turned Central European Jelly Doughnuts into Israeli Hanukkah Fare
The forgotten history of the sufganiyah.
While for American Jews the latke (potato pancake) is the dish most associated with Hanukkah, in Israel it is the sufganiyah, or jelly doughnut. But—contrary to popular belief—the latter as much of the former has its origins in Ashkenazi cuisine. Jam-filled pastries, writes the great Jewish food writer Gil Marks first originated in Germany, whence they spread eastward (2010):
December 15, 2020
No, the Sykes-Picot Treaty Isn’t the Cause of the Middle East’s Ills
The myth that blames today’s problems on European colonialism.
The Happy Philo-Semitic Gentile and the Angry, Uncomfortable, and Anti-Israel Jew
Jonathan Miller was Jewish. Clive James wasn’t. James was the one who liked Jews.
Raphael Warnock’s Hatred of Israel Goes Beyond a Few Passing Remarks
Bigotry rears its head in the Georgia Senate race.
How Labor Zionists Turned Central European Jelly Doughnuts into Israeli Hanukkah Fare
The forgotten history of the sufganiyah.