SodaStream and the Two Competing Visions for the West Bank
What Pepsi’s purchase of an Israeli company says about BDS and the Israeli-Arab conflict.
August 31, 2018
The U.S. and Europe Should Stand Up for Persecuted Iranian Christians
Doing so can save lives.
According to official statistics, the Islamic Republic is home to 117,700 Christians, although the real number is probably closer to 350,000. The regime, while never tolerant of non-Muslims, seems lately to have intensified its anti-Christian policies. Earlier this month, twelve Iranians were reportedly each sentenced to a year in prison for “propagating against the Islamic Republic in favor of Christianity.” Julie Lenarz and Benjamin Weinthal note some other examples, and urge the West to take action:
August 31, 2018
The Political Calculations behind Jeremy Corbyn’s Anti-Semitism
And the growing threat to Anglo-Jewry’s safety.
The U.S. and Europe Should Stand Up for Persecuted Iranian Christians
Doing so can save lives.
A New Excavation Could Uncover Evidence of the Israelites’ Migration to Canaan
Stone structures in the wilderness.
The Yiddish Detective Stories That Inspired a Young I.B. Singer
Max Spitzkopf, the Jewish Sherlock Holmes.