Defunding the Police Puts Jews in Danger
And those who advocate it have embraced anti-Semitism.
July 8, 2021
The Man Who Opened the Cairo Genizah to the World
And a portrait of Jewish immigrant life in Edinburgh.
From the 9th century through the 19th, the Jews of Fustat, a suburb of Cairo, left discarded manuscripts in the genizah (repository) of the Ben Ezra synagogue, but it was not until the end of the 19th century that the rabbi and scholar Solomon Schechter realized what a boon this collection could be for the study of Jewish history, and set about examining it systematically. Playing a key role in making this collection available to scholars was Stefan Reif, who has recently written a memoir. Yakir Feldman writes:
July 8, 2021
The U.S. Needs a Strategy for Reforming and Dismantling International Organizations That Have Become the Tools of Tyrants
The UN’s Israel obsession is part of a larger problem.
Despite Their Recent Spat, Saudi Arabia and the UAE Will Likely Remain Allies against Iran
Friction at OPEC is unlikely to affect Israel.
The New Diaspora Museum Avoids Sinking into Kitsch—Precisely because It’s in Israel
In the Diaspora itself, you can visit a Jewish museum and forget that Judaism is a religion.
The Man Who Opened the Cairo Genizah to the World
And a portrait of Jewish immigrant life in Edinburgh.