Iran Must Not Be Allowed to Hold Americans Hostage with Impunity
And should be punished for the death of Robert Levinson.
December 22, 2020
The European Union Gives Its Approval to Bans on Kosher Slaughter
Europe’s hostility toward religious outsiders is a centuries-old tradition.
In 1933, shortly after Hitler came to power, Germany enacted a law forbidding Jewish ritual slaughter. Three years later, the Polish legislature passed a similar bill, supposedly on humanitarian grounds—but the actual motivations of a government that was increasingly hostile toward Jews, in an era before animal-rights groups, were no mystery. Such laws have of late experienced renewed popularity in Europe, most recently in the form of a 2017 ban in Belgium. Like its Polish predecessor, it comes in the form of a requirement that animals be stunned before slaughter—a measure unacceptable to both halakhah and sharia. Last week, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) upheld the law. Melissa Langsam Braunstein writes:
December 22, 2020
Blaming Israel for Palestinians’ Supposed Lack of COVID-19 Vaccines
Shortages afflict poor countries around the world, including those that don’t pour hundreds of millions of dollars into terrorism every year.
Conciliation between Israel and Morocco Isn’t Just about the Necessities of the Present, but Also Millennia of History
A kinship that is hard to put into words.
The European Union Gives Its Approval to Bans on Kosher Slaughter
Europe’s hostility toward religious outsiders is a centuries-old tradition.
As the “Woke” Mob Turns on Adoption and Foster Care, Only Religion Encourages People to See Beyond Race
“Abolish foster care”?