Israel and the Secret History of the Iran Deal
American fears and fantasies allowed Tehran to buy real concessions with rhetorical morsels.
March 31, 2017
The First Zionist Novel
If you read one 750-page book this year, it should be this one.
Written in 1876—over two decades before Theodor Herzl founded the Zionist movement—George Eliot’s Daniel Deronda tells the story of an Englishman who discovers his Jewish identity and then embraces a quest to restore the Jews to their homeland. Ruth Wisse explains why the novel is must-reading today. (To enroll in Professor Wisse’s online course on the book, click here.)
March 31, 2017
The Canadian Parliament Finds Time to Condemn Islamophobia, but Not Anti-Semitism
The statistics on hate crimes tell a different story.
The Cause of Palestinian Women: Another UN Shakedown Racket
The answer is to remove U.S. funds.
The First Zionist Novel
If you read one 750-page book this year, it should be this one.
How Byzantine Jews Appropriated, and Satirized, Christian Messianism
The Book of Zerubbabel.