The U.S. Appears to Have Rewarded Tehran for Trying to Kidnap an American Citizen
Choosing appeasement over human rights.
July 16, 2021
Ramallah, Not Jerusalem, Is the Proper Place for an American Diplomatic Mission to the Palestinians
A consulate with a long history and a troubling future.
In 2019, when the new U.S. embassy was opened in Jerusalem, the American consulate in the city—which had theretofore served as a diplomatic mission to the Palestinian Authority and to individual Palestinians—was merged into it. In May, Washington informed the Palestinian Authority of its intention to reopen the consulate. Alan Baker explains the institution’s history, and argues that its proper location is Ramallah rather than Jerusalem:
July 16, 2021
Ramallah, Not Jerusalem, Is the Proper Place for an American Diplomatic Mission to the Palestinians
A consulate with a long history and a troubling future.
Jews and the Crisis of American Education
Awakening a vivid sense of the past in preparation for the looming challenges and responsibilities of the future.
God’s Absent Tears in the Book of Lamentations
Sumerian poems, the midrash, and the Divine virtuoso of grieving.