Washington’s Reassessment of the Jewish Presence in the West Bank Isn’t Complete
Mike Pompeo has exposed the sham, but hasn’t slain the beast.
January 15, 2020
Mark Twain’s Land of Israel
The humorist abroad.
Published in 1869, Mark Twain’s The Innocents Abroad was the book that launched him to literary stardom. It is based on the dispatches he wrote from a steamship tour that took him to various Mediterranean and Black Sea ports of call, including Jaffa and Jerusalem. To commemorate the 150th anniversary of the publication of The Innocents Abroad, the New-York Historical Association has mounted an exhibit on Twain’s visit to the Holy Land, where, writes Diane Cole, he found his tour’s “main attraction”:
January 15, 2020
Iranians Aren’t Angry at America, but at Their Own Government
The West should stand behind them.
When Academic Organizations Condemn Israel, They Send an Unambiguous Message to Potential Jewish Members
A small victory at the American Historical Association.
Mark Twain’s Land of Israel
The humorist abroad.
A Royal Bat Mitzvah in Cambodia
Celebrated by the current king’s second cousin.