The Reasons for Prime Minister Netanyahu’s Staying Power
The indispensable man?
November 20, 2018
Some Criticism of George Soros Is Anti-Semitic—but Not All
And his own attitudes toward Jews and anti-Semitism deserve scrutiny.
When Donald Trump, joined by various conservative politicians and journalists, accused the Jewish billionaire financier and philanthropist George Soros of paying people to protest the appointment of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, a number of liberal American journalists immediately cried anti-Semitism. But, notes James Kirchick, the truth is that Soros’s Open Society Foundations did give large sums to the groups organizing the largest and most prominent protests. Praising much of Soros’s work in Europe, Kirchick argues that in the U.S. he has chosen to back “some of the forces of illiberalism that threaten to rip apart [America’s] open society.” This discrepancy, Kirchik writes, must be kept in mind when determining if criticism of Soros is anti-Semitic:
November 20, 2018
British Jews Are Not Drifting Away from Israel
If anything, the opposite is true.
Some Criticism of George Soros Is Anti-Semitic—but Not All
And his own attitudes toward Jews and anti-Semitism deserve scrutiny.
There Is No Such Thing as a “Messianic Jew”
Not a religion, but a marketing scheme.
Archaeologists Release Pictures of the Elaborate Artwork at a 5th-Century Synagogue
Jonah, the Tower of Babel, and Noah’s ark.