After Nearly a Decade of Ostracization, Arab States Are Making Their Peace with Bashar al-Assad
Almost as surprising as the UAE and Bahrain making peace with Israel.
December 7, 2021
The Publishing Industry Turns against the Jews
Jews facing the Holocaust are acceptable subject matter; those visiting Israel aren’t.
This fall, the acclaimed Irish novelist Sally Rooney declined to have her most recent book published in Hebrew, citing her principled unwillingness to have any business dealings with Israel. (The book has already appeared in Chinese, courtesy of a press with close links to the ruling party.) The incident is but one instance of an industry increasingly in thrall to left-wing fads, including those that wish to anathematize the Jewish state. Drawing on several interviews with Jewish writers, Melissa Langsam Braunstein examines this trend:
December 7, 2021
How Tel Aviv Became the Most Expensive City on Earth
High taxes, insufficient land, and poor infrastructure.
Winston Churchill and the Jews
A complicated history.
The Publishing Industry Turns against the Jews
Jews facing the Holocaust are acceptable subject matter; those visiting Israel aren’t.
Why Jews Need Not Fear a Change in the Supreme Court’s Stance toward Abortion