Israel Must Accept That Turkey Is Neither Friend nor Foe
The lesson of the recent hostage crisis.
November 22, 2021
The Larger-Than-Life Persian Diplomat Who Understood How to Manipulate the American Media
Ardeshir Zahedi, ambassador to the stars.
On Thursday, Ardeshir Zahedi, the shah of Iran’s last ambassador to the U.S., died at the age of ninety-three. During Zahedi’s tenure, the Persian embassy became known around Washington for its lavish, star-studded parties; he regularly rubbed elbows with the likes of Eva Gabor, Gregory Peck, Andy Warhol, and Elizabeth Taylor (with whom he was rumored to have had an affair). But Zahedi was no mere sybarite, writes Martin Kramer; his flamboyance was in fact part of a carefully crafted strategy:
November 22, 2021
The Larger-Than-Life Persian Diplomat Who Understood How to Manipulate the American Media
Ardeshir Zahedi, ambassador to the stars.
How Israel’s Genius for Quick, Effective, and Inelegant Solutions Helped It Fight the Coronavirus Pandemic
The Jewish state’s COVID-19 doctrine.
Unlike the Ancient Greeks, Jews See in Fire a Symbol of Divine Benevolence
The menorah and a tale of two flames.
Television’s Most Ordinary, and Most Unusual, Orthodox Jew
Firefly’s kippah-clad intergalactic postal clerk.