Can the President Lift Sanctions on Iran Without Congress Reviewing Iran’s Deal with the IAEA?
No. "Sanctions are fundamentally in Congress’s exclusive power."
September 18, 2015
The Ritual-Murder Accusation and the Roots of Medieval Anti-Semitism
How the death of a boy in 12th-century England gave birth to a libel that won’t die.
William of Norwich, a young English apprentice, was found dead in 1144, the victim of mysterious circumstances. A few years later, a monk named Thomas of Monmouth wrote an account of William’s “martyrdom” at the hands of a group of Jews who allegedly tortured and murdered him in a ritual reenactment of the death of Jesus, in accordance with what Thomas alleged was Jewish custom. From this point on, the accusation that Jews engage in the ritual murder of Christian (or Muslim) children has refused to die, despite the utter absence of evidence. Jonathan Brent reviews The Murder of William of Norwich, a recent book on the subject by E. M. Rose:
September 18, 2015
Is the European Far Right Shedding Its Anti-Semitism?
Or is it professing love for Israel as a political tactic?
The Ritual-Murder Accusation and the Roots of Medieval Anti-Semitism
How the death of a boy in 12th-century England gave birth to a libel that won’t die.
The Many Ironies of the Migrant Crisis
Israel does more to help refugees than Saudi Arabia.