The U.S. Can’t Afford to Abandon Its Base in Southern Syria
Doing so would grant a major victory to Iran.
July 6, 2018
The Jewish and Arab Refugee Problems Are Not Alike
The persecution and expulsion of Jews from Arab lands.
In Uprooted: How 3,000 Years of Jewish Civilization in the Arab World Vanished Overnight, Lyn Julius tells the story of the systematic persecution of Jews by Arab countries, beginning in the 1940s and culminating in mass flight and expulsions. Ben Cohen, in his review, commends Julius for not painting with too broad a brush:
July 6, 2018
A Recent Bill Encapsulates Everything That’s Wrong with the Knesset—but Not For the Supposed Reason
A proposal to outlaw the filming of Israeli soldiers.
The Jewish and Arab Refugee Problems Are Not Alike
The persecution and expulsion of Jews from Arab lands.
Human Interactions, Not Reason, Are the Necessary Foundations of Faith
Rarely does someone abandon religion because of a question he cannot answer.
Republican Spain’s Bullfight in Honor of Maimonides
To coincide with the Jews’ readmission to Spain.