The Looming Nuclear Agreement Is Expected to Lift Sanctions on Iran’s Human-Rights Abusers
The concessions are dangerous and unnecessary.
March 17, 2022
Vladimir Putin Recruits Syrian Mercenaries into Russia’s Armed Forces
The Kremlin seeks reinforcements for a weakening army.
The Russian president Vladmir Putin and his defense minister, Sergei Shoigu, recently announced that up to 16,000 combatants from the Middle East will join the war effort against Ukraine. As Ben Evansky and Benjamin Weinthal report, the Russian recruitment operation is primarily based in the Syrian Arab Republic. This may signal not only an increase in Russia’s numbers, but a change in their tactics, with the potential for heightened urban warfare and greater civilian casualties.
March 17, 2022
Vladimir Putin Recruits Syrian Mercenaries into Russia’s Armed Forces
The Kremlin seeks reinforcements for a weakening army.
Tensions Persist Over Israel’s Conversion Bill
“We are trying . . . to decentralize the power of the chief rabbinate.”
A New Biography Misinterprets Meir Kahane and His Legacy
The study of the Jewish Defense League’s founder suffers from “methodological, structural, and factual” flaws.
The Grand Purim Balls of the Late 1800s
American Jews once marked the holiday in extravagant style.