In Brooklyn, Attacks on Jews Have Become Commonplace, but the New York City Government Does Nothing
Perpetrators don’t have any connection to anti-Semitic movements.
July 17, 2019
Israel’s Ultra-Orthodox Parties Aren’t on the Verge of Collapse
Internecine conflict is the rule, not the exception.
The 2018 Israeli municipal elections brought to the fore political divisions among the country’s Ḥaredim. Most significantly, the major Ashkenazi religious parties—the ḥasidic Agudat Yisrael and the non-ḥasidic (or “Lithuanian”) Degel ha-Torah—ran separate candidates in many local races for the first time since their merger in 1992. Moreover, smaller ḥaredi splinter parties, both Sephardi and Ashkenazi, entered the fray, and tensions have increased between followers of Jerusalem rabbis and of those who live in the Tel Aviv suburb of Bnei Brak. While some observers have predicted the imminent collapse of the ultra-Orthodox parties, Meir Hirschmann sees long-term stability:
July 17, 2019
How Silwan Became an Arab Neighborhood
The ethnic cleansing of a village founded by Yemenite Jews.
Israel’s Ultra-Orthodox Parties Aren’t on the Verge of Collapse
Internecine conflict is the rule, not the exception.
A New Book Seeks to Whitewash the Complicity of German Journalists in Supporting Hitler
Moral reconstruction?
Saying Farewell to Zubin Mehta, Israel’s Legendary Conductor
An Indian who fell in love with the Jewish state.