Australia’s Partial Recognition of Jerusalem Is Partially Welcome
But it predetermines the outcome of negotiations.
December 19, 2018
Western Diplomats Have Ignored Religion at Their Own Peril
And thus misjudged the threat of radical Islam.
Over the past century, neither the bureaucrats at the U.S. State Department nor scholars of foreign relations have ascribed much importance to religion, preferring to look to other motivations in explaining and predicting the behavior of peoples and governments. By ignoring faith, and assuming that the progress of modernity leads inexorably to greater secularization, they have consistently failed to understand the world as it is, argues Charles Hill:
December 19, 2018
Expanding Its Influence in Lebanon, Russia Positions Itself between Iran and Israel
After a decade of refusals, Beirut accepts military aid from Moscow.
Western Diplomats Have Ignored Religion at Their Own Peril
And thus misjudged the threat of radical Islam.
Today’s Discrimination against Asian Americans, and Yesterday’s against American Jews
“Their cause is wrapped up in our own.”
New York’s Thriving Yiddish Press
A new golden age, thanks to ḥasidic readers.