Before There Can be Peace between Israel and the Palestinians, the U.S. Needs to Defeat Radical Islam
And stop talking about settlements.
January 5, 2017
Russia Tries to Bring the Taliban into Its Anti-U.S. Alliance
The fact that they’re fighting Islamic State doesn’t mean they’re not a serious threat.
Russia, after years of claiming that the West must not interfere with the Assad regime since it is fighting Islamic State (IS), is now attempting to apply the same logic to the Taliban. At a recent gathering in Moscow, Russian, Chinese, and Pakistani officials called on other countries to develop “flexible” policies toward the radical group, pushing it as the less “extremist” alternative. Russia’s real goal, writes Thomas Joscelyn, is to advance its fight against America and NATO:
January 5, 2017
Russia Tries to Bring the Taliban into Its Anti-U.S. Alliance
The fact that they’re fighting Islamic State doesn’t mean they’re not a serious threat.
Troubling Though Right-Wing Anti-Semitism Might Be, Jews Should Be More Frightened by the Islamist Variety
One is armed with spray paint and Twitter, the other with multitudes of state-of-the-art rockets.
A Great Rabbi and His Surprising Interactions with Renaissance Humanists
How the Maharal arranged Hebrew lessons for Huguenots.
An Impressive Volume Uses a Discussion of “Jewish Modernity” as an Occasion for Fashionable Anti-Israelism
Makers of Jewish Modernity: ambitious, intriguing, and occasionally useful.