Iran and Russia Are Growing Closer
Putin’s foreign minister entertained Hizballah in Moscow.
August 6, 2021
The World’s first Weightlifting Champion Was a Proud Jew
Edward Lawrence Levy, Muskeljude.
The early Zionist theorist Max Nordau spoke often of Muskeljudentum—a muscular Jewry that would demolish the stereotype of the effete, scholarly Jew by excelling at conventionally manly activities. Born in London in 1851, Edward Lawrence Levy became just such a Jew before Nordau ever coined the phrase. Orphaned at the age of six, Levy began his unusual career working at the Birmingham Hebrew School. Zack Rothbart writes:
August 6, 2021
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Some former members of Islamic State are just waiting for the next opportunity to fight.
No, Grandparents Aren’t Spending Too Much Time with Their Grandchildren
Whatever an economics professor says.
The World’s first Weightlifting Champion Was a Proud Jew
Edward Lawrence Levy, Muskeljude.