The UN and the WHO Are Complicit in Bashar al-Assad’s Efforts to Starve His Enemies
Thanks to Russia, only loyalists can get humanitarian aid.
May 18, 2020
Setting the Record Straight about Jews and Usury in the Middle Ages
With some help from the great rabbis of England.
In her study The Myth of the Medieval Jewish Moneylender (2017–18), Julie Mell argues that usury was not nearly so prevalent as an occupation among the Jews of medieval Western Europe as historians have generally assumed—and certainly nowhere as prevalent as popular stereotype would have it. Mell argues, inter alia, that many scholars have made the mistake of taking the habits of a small number of wealthy Jews—who often did make their fortunes from moneylending—as representative of Jewish communities as a whole.
May 18, 2020
With Help from Iran, a Moribund Terrorist Group Is Experiencing a Revival
The return of the PFLP.
The Unholy Alliance between Islamist Terrorists and Western Human-Rights Groups
Why Hamas praised Human Rights Watch.
How the Universities Drove the Transcendent Out of Literature, and How to Get It Back
Jews can, and should, appreciate John Milton’s reimagining of the Hebrew Bible.
Setting the Record Straight about Jews and Usury in the Middle Ages
With some help from the great rabbis of England.