A U.S. Withdrawal from Syria Would Help Russia, Iran, and Islamic State
But not America or the Syrian people.
August 21, 2019
The Failure of Spain’s Offer of Citizenship to Sephardi Jews
Expensive and burdensome red tape has discouraged applicants.
In 1492, the newly united kingdom of Castile and Aragon gave its Jews a choice between expulsion and conversion to Christianity. Some 175,000 left; others or their descendants would later return to Judaism in Italy, the Netherlands, and elsewhere. In 2015, Spain passed a law, intended “to right a historic wrong,” offering citizenship to Sephardi Jews who could demonstrate Spanish ancestry. Soeren Kern explains how expensive layers of red tape have prevented even those Jews who want to from becoming Spanish citizens:
August 21, 2019
What Can Be Learned from the Memoirs of Two Israeli Prime Ministers Whose Terms Ended in Failure?
A tale of two Ehuds.
In the Same Barren Holy Land, Mark Twain and Nahmanides Saw Very Different Things
1267, 1867, and 1967.
The Francophone Greek Jewish Novelist Who Wrote the International Law on Refugees, Identified Rising Anti-Semitism, and Mocked the League of Nations
Albert Cohen: Zionist, novelist, and lawyer.
The Failure of Spain’s Offer of Citizenship to Sephardi Jews
Expensive and burdensome red tape has discouraged applicants.