Theodor Herzl Dreamed Not Just of Jewish Safety, but of Jewish Flourishing
“The world will be freed by our freedom, and made great by our greatness.”
August 25, 2022
Salman Rushdie Wasn’t Targeted for Insulting Islam, but for Insulting the Ruler of Iran
The truth behind the fatwa.
Looking carefully at Salman Rushdie’s 1988 The Satanic Verses, Hussein Ibish argues that “no reader could come away with the idea that the novel was attempting to tell the tale of the birth of Islam or critique the religion.” What then, explains the price put on Rushdie’s head by the Iranian dictator Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, which provoked his recent stabbing? Ibish answers:
August 25, 2022
Salman Rushdie Wasn’t Targeted for Insulting Islam, but for Insulting the Ruler of Iran
The truth behind the fatwa.
How Israeli Soldiers Are Becoming Post-Mortem Parents
A right to grandchildren?
The Fake Disease That Saved a Group of Roman Jews from the Nazis
Syndrome K.
How Chicken Bones Helped Archaeologists Date an Ancient Battle between Jews and Greeks
The liberation of Tel Iztabba.