January 22, 2019
The Democrats’ Anti-Semitism Problem Involves More Than Appearances
Last week, the Democratic National Committee formally broke with the national Women’s March over its organizers’ anti-Semitism and close associations with the Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan. Also last week, however, the Democratic leadership gave a coveted seat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee to the freshman congresswoman Ilhan Omar—a supporter of boycotts of Israel who recently defended her 2012 pronouncement that “Israel has hypnotized the world” to ignore its “evil doings.” Abe Greenwald comments:
January 22, 2019
Why Israel’s Relations with Chad Matter
The road to good relations with the Muslim world doesn’t run through Ramallah.
An Iranian Professor Recalls His First Encounter with a Jew
A Jewish community forced into hiding and occasionally paraded before credulous journalists.
Two New Translations Attempt to Bring Avrom Sutzkever’s Poetry into English
“Lava its seeds. Atoms/ Fermented forth primevally.”
New York State’s Regulations for Private Schools Threaten Religious Freedom
Today’s suggestions could be tomorrow’s mandates.