The First Political Prisoner Released by Mikhail Gorbachev Reflects on His Legacy
One cheer for the former dictator.
September 1, 2022
The First Political Prisoner Released by Mikhail Gorbachev Reflects on His Legacy
One cheer for the former dictator.
On Tuesday, the former Soviet dictator Mikhail Gorbachev died at the age of ninety-one. His death has been followed by many accolades for having “ended”—that is to say, recognized defeat in—the cold war. Natan Sharansky agrees that Gorbachev deserves credit for having “perceived the direction of history and responded accordingly,” but presents a more “complicated” view of his career:
September 1, 2022
Saudi Arabia Is Ridding Its Textbooks of Anti-Semitism, but the Rest of the Middle East Has a Long Way to Go
The UAE is the best; Iran and Houthi Yemen the worst.
How the Abraham Accords Are Mitigating Israel-Palestinian Violence
Shrinking the conflict.
Penitential Prayers Require Penitential Deeds
“Just as He is compassionate and merciful, so too should you be compassionate and merciful.”
A 1,000-Year-Old Mass Grave in England May Contain Victims of an Anti-Semitic Massacre
And evidence of the antiquity of Ashkenazi genetic disease.