Jordan Shares Much of the Blame for Its Rocky Relations with Israel
The real reason the prime minister’s visit to the UAE was canceled.
March 15, 2021
Remembering the Man Who Bought New York Jews’ Leaven for Four Decades
John J. Brown took the job seriously.
To observe the biblical prohibition against having ḥamets—foods and beverages made from leavened or fermented grain—in one’s possession during Passover, Orthodox Jews customarily sell such products to a Gentile before the holiday begins. Rabbi Mordechai Willig, a highly regarded scholar, first sold ḥamets on behalf of his congregation in the Bronx to a real-estate agent named John J. Brown in 1977, and since then many of his students followed suit with their own congregations. Brown, a Bronx native and Korean War veteran, died on February 6 at the age of eighty-eight. Ben Sales writes:
March 15, 2021
Iran’s Target in the Middle East Isn’t Saudi Arabia, but U.S. Interests
The Biden administration’s dangerous misunderstanding.
Setting the Record Straight on Armenia, Azerbaijan, and the Jews
Against a simplistic narrative.
Remembering the Man Who Bought New York Jews’ Leaven for Four Decades
John J. Brown took the job seriously.
The Revolt against Jewish Tradition Didn’t Benefit Jewish Women
The case of Pauline Wengeroff.