Renewed Sanctions Have Taken a Toll on Iran. But Will They Achieve Their Strategic Aims?
So far, the skeptics have been proved wrong.
July 16, 2019
Wendell Willkie—the President Who Might Have Been—and the Jews
A forgotten friend of the Jews and Israel.
As the Republican presidential nominee in 1940, Wendell Willkie opposed the isolationist stance that dominated both parties at the time. Willkie lost the election to Franklin D. Roosevelt, who then made him a sort of informal ambassador at large. In this capacity he visited Palestine, met with Jewish and Arab leaders, and criticized the British government there. Reviewing a new biography of Willkie by David Levering Lewis, Elliot Jager considers this now-forgotten statesman’s attitude toward Jews and Zionism and wonders what a Willkie presidency would have meant for Jewish history:
July 16, 2019
Anti-Semitism Is Hard to Unlearn, but It’s Possible—Even for Ilhan Omar
A former anti-Semite has some advice for her fellow Somali-American.
The Berlin Jewish Museum’s Anti-Israel Problem
Its director resigns after it engages in pro-BDS lobbying.
How Does One Know When a Disgraced Religious Leader Has Repented?
At the very least, one should learn some humility.
Wendell Willkie—the President Who Might Have Been—and the Jews
A forgotten friend of the Jews and Israel.