As Palestinians Continue to Suffer in Syria, “Pro-Palestinian” Activists Remain Indifferent
Why? Because their problems can’t be blamed on Israel.
January 21, 2020
The First American Jewish Novel of Consequence, and the Woman Who Wrote It
Cora Wilburn’s Cosella Wayne.
Born in Europe in 1824 as Henrietta Pulfermacher, Cora Wilburn came to the U.S. in 1848 and established herself as a successful writer, although she has long since been forgotten. Without ever shedding her Jewish identity, she became involved in the Spiritualist movement, whose adherents sought to make contact with the souls of the dead. Recounting his search to find Wilburn’s writing and reconstruct her biography, Jonathan Sarna describes her sole novel, the semiautobiographical Cosella Wayne:
January 21, 2020
Those Who Try to Explain Away Martin Luther King’s Support for Israel Ignore Its Spiritual Dimension
It wasn’t about money.
Egypt Attempts to Restore a Historic Synagogue in order to Provide Cover for Many Sins
Four-million dollars is a small price to pay for ethnic cleansing.
The First American Jewish Novel of Consequence, and the Woman Who Wrote It
Cora Wilburn’s Cosella Wayne.
Hatred of Jews, Not Zoning Disputes, Causes Anti-Semitic Violence
Waving away the mountain to focus on the pebble.