Egypt Still Hasn’t Escaped Nasser’s Toxic Legacy
He made anti-Zionism the mainstay of Middle Eastern politics.
September 30, 2020
Remembering a Heroic Rebel against Soviet Tyranny
Yuri Orlov refused to hide.
On Sunday, the nuclear physicist and former Soviet dissident Yuri Orlov died in Ithaca, NY at the age of ninety-six. Orlov’s signature idea was to use the Kremlin’s signing of the Helsinki Accords—a 1975 international agreement that included pledges to protect human rights—to call attention to the USSR’s own wrongdoings. While not Jewish himself, he worked closely with such activists as Natan Sharansky, who writes of his late friend:
September 30, 2020
How a Palestinian Terrorist Group Gets Money from European Governments and Put a Member on the Bernie Sanders Campaign
The PFLP’s polite faces.
Remembering a Heroic Rebel against Soviet Tyranny
Yuri Orlov refused to hide.
The Mute Words of Tuvya Ruebner’s Verse
Writing Hebrew poetry after Auschwitz, with help from the Jewish liturgy.
The Pandemic Might Spell the End for Some Synagogues, but It Is Helping Others to Revive
Reform Jews report feeling more connected to their synagogues than ever.