The U.S. Should Rethink Its Middle East Bases
Is Israel a better location?
July 24, 2026
The ghetto.
In 1515, the Venetian senate passed a law confining the city’s Jews to a neighborhood known as the ghetto—hence the term—which would be surrounded by a wall and locked shut at night. Alexander Lee tells the story of the Ghetto, and the Jews of Venice, in a new book. Anatoly Grablevsky writes in his review:
Is Israel a better location?
A thought experiment.
Remembering an American patriot and friend of the Jews.
The ghetto.
How Jews and Christians read one verse in Isaiah.
In 1515, the Venetian senate passed a law confining the city’s Jews to a neighborhood known as the ghetto—hence the term—which would be surrounded by a wall and locked shut at night. Alexander Lee tells the story of the Ghetto, and the Jews of Venice, in a new book. Anatoly Grablevsky writes in his review:
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