Driven from Iraq and Syria, Islamic State Turns Up the Heat in the Sinai
Attacks on both Israel and Egypt in one day.
October 19, 2017
How Louis Brandeis’s Uncle May Have Saved Zionism
Setting an example of the Jewish commitment to both the universal and the covenantal.
When the British cabinet was debating the adoption of the Balfour Declaration, Edwin Monatagu—secretary of state for India, a sympathizer with Indian nationalism, and a member of one of England’s most distinguished Jewish families—emerged as Zionism’s fiercest opponent, arguing that acknowledging Jews as a nation would expose them to charges of disloyalty “in their native lands.” This position was not very different from that originally held by Louis Brandeis, but by 1916 he had changed his mind and become one of Zionism’s most passionate advocates in America. The shift in his opinion, writes Meir Soloveichik, was due to the Zionism of his uncle, Lewis Dembitz, a successful lawyer and pious Jew admired by Jews and Christians alike:
October 19, 2017
The Iranian Foreign Minister’s Cynical Charm Offensive
A credulous listener’s idea of a foreign-policy whiz.
Slowly but Steadily, Israeli Arabs Warm to the Jewish State
Building a sukkah in Nazareth.
A Collection of Long-Lost Manuscripts Sheds Light on Medieval Afghan Jewry
Including a liturgy almost identical to that used today.
How Louis Brandeis’s Uncle May Have Saved Zionism
Setting an example of the Jewish commitment to both the universal and the covenantal.