Israel’s Success Has Surprised Everyone
It is now the demographic and cultural center of Jewry.
April 20, 2018
Israel’s Success Has Surprised Everyone
It is now the demographic and cultural center of Jewry.
On the eve of Israel’s decision to declare statehood, 70 years ago, the CIA estimated that a Jewish state couldn’t hold off its Arab enemies for more than two years, while the famed Haganah commander Yigael Yadin told David Ben-Gurion that their chances of victory were fifty-fifty. Daniel Gordis describes just how wildly the country has managed to outpace expectations:
April 20, 2018
Setting the Record Straight on the Obama Administration’s Chemical-Weapons Deal with Syria
A dress rehearsal for the echo chamber.
Ending Western Indifference to Honor Killings
Not just another form of domestic violence.
When Britain’s Labor Party Loved Israel
A long and uneven descent into hatred.
The German Author Who Brought “Schlemiel” to the Gentiles
Adelbert von Chamisso.