By Refusing to Report for Duty, Israeli Reservists Created a Dangerous Precedent
Undermining the IDF and civil-military relations.
April 19, 2023
Poles, Jews, and the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
The Polish underground largely held the Jews in contempt.
Eighty years ago today, the half-starved Jews of the Warsaw Ghetto rose up against their German tormentors, holding out for 27 days before the SS destroyed the entire area. In this 2017 essay, Jared Sorhaindo reflects on his visit to the part of Warsaw where the ghetto once stood, the ghetto’s history, and how Warsaw’s non-Jewish residents related to both the ghetto’s inhabitants and the uprising.
April 19, 2023
The Latest Work of Academic Anti-Zionism Argues That Jews Are Wrong to Seek Security
In Daniel Boyarin’s view, for Jews to keep others safe is the ethical thing, whereas for Jews to keep themselves safe is the “racist” thing.
In Trying to Bring Syria Back into the Fold, Gulf States Double Down on a Bad Investment
Bashar al-Assad won’t change his ways.
Poles, Jews, and the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
The Polish underground largely held the Jews in contempt.
The Lost Library of the Jews of Singapore
A 700-book collection reflecting the history of the local community.