Iran’s Defeat May Not Be Immediate, but Effective Containment Is at Hand
Learning the right lessons from the collapse of the USSR.
August 20, 2018
The Unique and Complex Origins of Italian Jews
As told by their surnames.
Neither Ashkenazi nor Sephardi, Italian Jews have a distinctive history, and even their own liturgy—although by modern times most of the country’s congregations had adopted the Sephardi rite. Italian Jewry in fact predates the other Jewish communities of Europe, although from the Middle Ages on it was shaped by waves of immigration from elsewhere. Alexander Beider examines what can be learned about Italian Jews from their surnames:
August 20, 2018
The Oslo Accords, after 25 Years, Have Left Israel with a Situation It Can Neither Accept nor Be Rid Of
The anniversary of a failed experiment.
Why Were Israeli Flags Banned at a Recent Mass-Protest in Tel Aviv?
Arab leaders fear the nation-state law will impede their decades-long effort to erode Israel’s Jewish identity.
A Novel about the Latin American Inquisition with Surprising Relevance for Today’s Jews
Long before demanding Jews’ bodies, anti-Semitic societies demanded Jews’ dignity.
The Unique and Complex Origins of Italian Jews
As told by their surnames.