The War Is Crippling Iran’s Economy, Not America’s
The Islamic Republic has lost most of its Persian Gulf commerce.
September 30, 2026
From work schedules to advertising, one feels what it’s like to be in the majority.
Last week, Shlomo Zuckier and his family, like thousands of other Jews, were busily preparing for the Sukkot holiday. But unlike in previous years, he was doing so in Israel, where the national calendar is organized around the Jewish one:
The Islamic Republic has lost most of its Persian Gulf commerce.
The bridges that can’t be built.
Blocking roads isn’t speech, but civil terrorism.
From work schedules to advertising, one feels what it’s like to be in the majority.
Matches made by trauma.
Last week, Shlomo Zuckier and his family, like thousands of other Jews, were busily preparing for the Sukkot holiday. But unlike in previous years, he was doing so in Israel, where the national calendar is organized around the Jewish one:
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