Iran’s Resumption of Its Atomic-Weapons Program Shows the Wisdom of the U.S. Withdrawal from the Nuclear Agreement
In a few years’ time, Iran would be taking the same steps—legally.
November 27, 2019
When American Poets Fought over Judaism
Longfellow vs. Lazarus.
In 1854, two years after visiting America’s oldest synagogue, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow published a poem titled “The Jewish Cemetery in Newport,” expressing admiration for the Jews and sympathy with their history of persecution, but treating them as if they were extinct or close to it. It concludes by lamenting Israel’s position among “the dead nations” that will “never rise again.” Fifteen years later, a young Emma Lazarus—until then uninterested in Jewish matters—would visit the same synagogue, and be inspired to write a poetic rejoinder. Meir Soloveichik writes:
November 27, 2019
Qatar Again Reveals Itself as an Enemy of the West
By concealing foreknowledge of Iranian attacks.
When American Poets Fought over Judaism
Longfellow vs. Lazarus.
A Syrian Refugee Is Shocked by an Anti-Zionist Mob in Canada
Assad didn’t require so large a security detail when visiting a rebel neighborhood as did IDF reservists visiting York University.
Tomorrow, Americans Will Eat Turkey. Most Days, Israelis Eat More.
The Jewish state leads the world in per-capita turkey consumption.