Snubbing a Reliable Ally, Rolling Out the Red Carpet for Tyrants
Compare the president’s treatment of Xi Jinping with his treatment of Netanyahu.
September 30, 2015
Snubbing a Reliable Ally, Rolling Out the Red Carpet for Tyrants
Compare the president’s treatment of Xi Jinping with his treatment of Netanyahu.
Last Friday, Xi Jinping, the Chinese president, was given a state dinner at the White House. Irwin Stelzer contrasts his reception with the treatment accorded Benjamin Netanyahu, another foreign leader who came to the U.S. to lobby for his country’s interests:
September 30, 2015
Why Aren’t Refugees Fleeing to Other Arab Countries? And Why Does Nobody Expect Them to be Welcomed There?
Arab cynicism and Western racism.
Making Sense of King David, the Bible’s Ambiguous Hero
Why is the founder of the Israelite kingdom portrayed in so many shades of gray?
The Anti-Semitic Legacy of Amin Haj al-Husseini
A new translation of an anti-Semitic pamphlet.
S. Y. Agnon’s Sukkot Tale of a Rabbi and a Citron
“The Etrog,” newly rendered into English.