Preparing for the New Era of Palestinian Politics
The day after Mahmoud Abbas might not be much different from today.
December 16, 2020
Jews Have a Special Obligation to Speak Up on Behalf of Persecuted Chinese Muslims
A plea from Britain’s chief rabbi.
In the special prayer recited on Hanukkah, the liturgy recalls that the Syrian Greeks sought “to cause the Jews to forget Your Torah and to prevent them from keeping the precepts of Your will.” With that experience in mind, Ephraim Mirvis, the chief rabbi of Great Britain, calls on Jews and Gentiles in the West to take up the cause of the Uighurs—the Muslim ethnic group that populates northwestern China—who are facing Beijing’s attempt to do the same to their own faith and customs:
December 16, 2020
Normalization Sounds the Death Knell of the Boycott-Israel Movement
Isn’t it more than a bit condescending for English rock stars to tell Arabs whom they can do business with?
Jews Have a Special Obligation to Speak Up on Behalf of Persecuted Chinese Muslims
A plea from Britain’s chief rabbi.
An Ancient Judean Oil-Lamp Workshop Holds the Keys to a 20th-Century Mystery
Just in time for Hanukkah.