As Iran and Russia Cement Their Alliance, America Shrugs
Vladimir Putin vs. President Ecclesiastes.
August 22, 2016
Twenty-Five Years after the Riots in Crown Heights, the Media Continue to Misunderstand
And to ignore, or propagate, anti-Semitism.
Friday marked the 25th anniversary of the outbreak of the Crown Heights riots, precipitated when a ḥasidic driver accidentally hit and killed a black child. The media at the time reported what was happening in the Brooklyn neighborhood as “clashes” between “gangs” of black and Jewish youths, when—as was made clear by the official New York State report—all of the violence was committed by African-Americans and directed against Jews. While relations between the two communities have fortunately improved, the media persist in misunderstanding the local dynamics. Mordechai Lightstone, himself a Ḥasid who has lived in the neighborhood for over ten years, writes:
August 22, 2016
The (Supposed) Right-Wing Israeli Fanatic Who’s Making Life Easier for the Palestinians
Avigdor Lieberman's carrot and stick.
Twenty-Five Years after the Riots in Crown Heights, the Media Continue to Misunderstand
And to ignore, or propagate, anti-Semitism.
J.R.R. Tolkien’s Jewish Dwarves and Their Yearning for Zion
Short, bearded beings exiled from their homeland who have forever dreamed of returning.
The New Mexican Inquisition
A new exhibit in Santa Fe.