Israel’s Economy Thrives While the Middle East Disintegrates
From the Arab embargo to BDS, the Jewish state has won the economic war.
January 19, 2018
How the Vatican’s Kidnapping of a Jewish Child in 1858 Started a Controversy in 2018
And why Catholics should condemn it.
In 1858, in the city of Bologna—then ruled directly by the Vatican—a six-year-old Jewish boy was surreptitiously baptized by a domestic servant and then forcibly removed from his parents so that he could be raised as a Catholic. Despite the ensuing international outcry, Pope Pius IX personally ruled that the boy, Edgardo Mortara, not be returned to his family. Last week, Romanus Cessario revived the controversy with an essay justifying the kidnapping, sparking many condemnations and some defenses. To Matthew Franck, even Catholics of a conservative disposition ought to condemn Pius IX’s actions:
January 19, 2018
Can the U.S. Still Help Iran’s Anti-Government Movement?
Reversing eight years of appeasement.
All Too Slowly, Germany Is Waking Up to Contemporary Anti-Semitism
Fire-bombing a synagogue isn’t “criticism of Israel.”
How the Vatican’s Kidnapping of a Jewish Child in 1858 Started a Controversy in 2018
And why Catholics should condemn it.
Aharon Appelfeld’s Jewish Values and His Literary Style
A translator reminisces.