Australia’s Partial Recognition of Jerusalem Is Partially Welcome
But it predetermines the outcome of negotiations.
December 19, 2018
New York’s Thriving Yiddish Press
A new golden age, thanks to ḥasidic readers.
The early decades of the last century were a golden age for the American Yiddish press, when tens of thousands of Jews got their news regularly from that source—either instead of or alongside English-language publications. Now, despite the decline of both print media and the proportion of Jews who speak the language, Yiddish newspapers are experiencing a second golden age, but now almost exclusively among Ḥasidim. While Der Yid was founded in the 1950s to serve the Satmar community—one of the largest ḥasidic groups and one deeply committed to maintaining Yiddish—and remains one of the most popular Yiddish dailies, it now has several competitors, even as the non-ḥasidic Yiddish press has all but died off. Rose Waldman writes:
December 19, 2018
Expanding Its Influence in Lebanon, Russia Positions Itself between Iran and Israel
After a decade of refusals, Beirut accepts military aid from Moscow.
Western Diplomats Have Ignored Religion at Their Own Peril
And thus misjudged the threat of radical Islam.
Today’s Discrimination against Asian Americans, and Yesterday’s against American Jews
“Their cause is wrapped up in our own.”
New York’s Thriving Yiddish Press
A new golden age, thanks to ḥasidic readers.