Kamala Harris’s Jewish Liaison’s Record of Poor Judgment
An ominous message to pro-Israel voters.
August 23, 2024
The Life and Death of Hungary’s Greatest Jewish Fencer
Attila Petschauer.
After two Jewish fencers, Jackie Dubrovich and Maia Weintraub, helped the U.S. women’s foil team (of which they made up half) win a gold medal at the Paris Olympics, this newsletter linked to a fascinating essay about Hungarian Jewish fencing champions from 2000. Of course, the most famous Hungarian Jewish fencer was not an Olympian at all, but Theodor Herzl, whose resignation from an elite fencing club at the University of Vienna over increasing anti-Semitism was a key turning point in his political development.
August 23, 2024
Israel Faces an Entente That Stretches Beyond the Middle East
Russia, North Korea, Iran, and Syria.
Why Israel’s Alliance with Bulgaria Matters
A country where anti-Semitism hasn’t surged.
Faith, Art, and the Hebrew Language
“I mean religious, not ‘spiritual,’ or ‘transcendental,’ or any other laundered, noncommittal term.”
The Life and Death of Hungary’s Greatest Jewish Fencer
Attila Petschauer.