Renewed Sanctions Have Taken a Toll on Iran. But Will They Achieve Their Strategic Aims?
So far, the skeptics have been proved wrong.
July 16, 2019
The Berlin Jewish Museum’s Anti-Israel Problem
Its director resigns after it engages in pro-BDS lobbying.
In March, the Berlin Jewish Museum hosted an Iranian diplomat who received a private tour, met with the museum’s director, and made a pronouncement about the importance of distinguishing anti-Semitism from anti-Zionism. This is not the first time in the past few years that the museum has ignited controversy by inviting committed enemies of the Jewish state. More recently, the museum’s official Twitter account appeared to oppose recent German legislation declaring the movement to boycott, divest from, and sanction (BDS) the Jewish state a form of anti-Semitism. As a result of fierce criticism from the German Jewish community, the museum’s director—the distinguished scholar of ancient Judaism Peter Schäfer, who is not himself a Jew—has resigned. Manfred Gerstenfeld comments:
July 16, 2019
Anti-Semitism Is Hard to Unlearn, but It’s Possible—Even for Ilhan Omar
A former anti-Semite has some advice for her fellow Somali-American.
The Berlin Jewish Museum’s Anti-Israel Problem
Its director resigns after it engages in pro-BDS lobbying.
How Does One Know When a Disgraced Religious Leader Has Repented?
At the very least, one should learn some humility.
Wendell Willkie—the President Who Might Have Been—and the Jews
A forgotten friend of the Jews and Israel.