Lebanon Drops All Pretense of Independence from Hizballah
With consequences for Israel.
January 28, 2020
To Whitewash Soviet Crimes, Moscow Uses the Jews as a Prop in Its Version of European History
Putin visits Yad Vashem.
In his speech at Yad Vashem during last week’s Holocaust-commemoration activities, Vladimir Putin spoke of the millions of Soviet Jews murdered by Germany and, naturally, of the role of the Red Army in defeating the Third Reich. He then made a point of mentioning the collaboration of Lithuanians, Latvians, and Ukrainians with the Nazis. To Izabella Taborovsky, this was not a good-faith effort to draw attention to historical truths that some have been eager to cover up, but an attempt to use the past as a cudgel against Putin’s enemies. Citing other recent rhetoric from the Kremlin as well, Tabarovksy identifies a message that should be worrisome to Jews:
January 28, 2020
To Whitewash Soviet Crimes, Moscow Uses the Jews as a Prop in Its Version of European History
Putin visits Yad Vashem.
Israel Shouldn’t Rush into an Agreement with Hamas
Even if such a deal might be desirable in due course.
Why Jews Should Support Indirect State Funding for Private Schools
The Blaine Amendment strikes again.
Ultra-Orthodox Women’s Films and Their Audience
Made for religious women, by religious women.