Israel’s Long Road to Peace with Its Arab Neighbors
The peace process that really matters.
March 3, 2016
The Japanese Seaman Who Helped Rescue Jewish Refugees from the Nazis
A tale told by seven photographs.
During World War II, Tatsuo Osako worked aboard a Japanese passenger ship, the Amakasu-maru, which brought hundreds of refugees on the three-day journey from the Siberian city of Vladivostok to Tsuruga, Japan. Most were Jews who had fled to the Soviet Union from areas controlled by the Nazis, or were fleeing from the Soviet Union once Hitler invaded. Throughout his life, Osako kept photographs of seven people he had rescued, which they had given him as a small token of appreciation; after his death in 2009, his friend Akira Kitade went about tracking them down. Hillel Kuttler writes:
March 3, 2016
So Far, the American BDS Movement Has Failed to Take Hold
But now is no time for complacency.
How Hizballah Maintains Its Grip on Lebanon
Based on an interview with two captured fighters.
The Japanese Seaman Who Helped Rescue Jewish Refugees from the Nazis
A tale told by seven photographs.
Saadiah Gaon: Founding Father of Hebrew Linguistics and Jewish Theology
The legacy of a 10th-century sage.