In Arranging the Release of a Hostage from Syria, Russia Got to Show Israel Who’s Boss
Buying vaccines to save a citizen.
February 22, 2021
Remembering Shlomo Hillel, Who Brought His Fellow Iraqi Jews to Israel
And helped do the same for the Ethiopians.
In 1946, the Haganah sent the then-twenty-three-year-old Shlomo Hillel undercover to his native Iraq, where he promoted Zionism among local Jews and helped small numbers to sneak out of the country. A year later, Hillel, who died on February 8 at the age of ninety-seven, returned to Mandatory Palestine, but wanted to do more to help his brethren. Clay Risen writes:
February 22, 2021
How Close Is Iran to Getting Nuclear Weapons?
So close that renewal of the 2015 agreement would be dangerous.
North Carolina’s Lieutenant Governor Appears to Have an Anti-Semitism Problem
He seems unwilling to back down from disturbing comments about Jews, blacks, and Hollywood.
Remembering Shlomo Hillel, Who Brought His Fellow Iraqi Jews to Israel
And helped do the same for the Ethiopians.
A French Researcher Recreates Ancient Egyptian Breadmaking
Did Pharaoh’s baker use conical molds?