The Vaccination Drive Captures the Israeli Spirit
For Jews and for Arabs.
January 4, 2021
When Jewish Women Took to the Streets for Affordable Kosher Meat
The riot that stopped for Shabbat.
In 1902, butcher shops on New York’s Lower East Side raised the price of a popular cut of beef from 12 cents per pound to 18, due to a price hike by the cartel of businesses that at the time controlled most of the U.S. meat market. In response, a group of Jewish housewives organized boycotts and demonstrations, which are the subject of Scott Seligman’s book The Great Kosher Meat War of 1902. The author discusses the events that followed in an interview by Andrew Silow-Carrol:
January 4, 2021
Learning the Lessons of the Pollard Affair
A mistake Israel must never repeat.
Killing Qassem Suleimani Showed Iraqis That He Was Not Invincible
Some men must be removed before the agony and destruction they’ve caused can ever be righted.
Wisdom about the Crisis of Modern Manhood from a Half-Century-Old Sermon
To Norman Lamm, manhood is an achievement.
When Jewish Women Took to the Streets for Affordable Kosher Meat
The riot that stopped for Shabbat.