Why Protests Are Surging in Iran—and What the Biden Administration Should Do About It
The U.S. ought to consider the Islamic Republic as something more than just a nuclear problem.
May 26, 2022
Jews and . . . no booze?
In the early 20th century, writes Jenna Weissman Joselit, American Jews played an outsized role in the production and sale of hard liquor. Thus, as the temperance movement gained steam—eventually leading to prohibition in 1920—many Jewish businessmen grew worried:
The U.S. ought to consider the Islamic Republic as something more than just a nuclear problem.
The Herzl paradox.
A growing contingent is skeptical about sending aid to foreign countries.
The inhabitants of an agricultural settlement in eastern Galilee appear to have left in haste.
Jews and . . . no booze?
In the early 20th century, writes Jenna Weissman Joselit, American Jews played an outsized role in the production and sale of hard liquor. Thus, as the temperance movement gained steam—eventually leading to prohibition in 1920—many Jewish businessmen grew worried:
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