Iran’s Presence in Yemen Poses a Strategic Threat to Israel
A ring of fire
January 10, 2020
When the New York City Bagel-Bakers’ Union Took on the Mafia—and Won
An even greater threat came from the mechanical bagel roller.
By the 1960s, virtually all of the more than 300 bakers in New York City’s bagel shops belonged to Local 338 of the Bakery and Confectionary Workers, which maintained closed shops and contracts favorable to workers. But then a mobster named Giovanni Ignazio Dioguardi—known as Johnny Dio—who had spent the past few years enriching himself by meddling in the kosher hot-dog business, decided to take on bagels. Jason Turbow describes what followed:
January 10, 2020
The Military Defeat of Islamic State Has Made Suicide Bombings Less Common—for Now
Jihadists remain responsible for most of them.
An Israeli Chief Rabbi’s Incendiary Comments Are Bad for Israel, and Worse for Its Relationship with the Diaspora
Even chief rabbis have obligations to the Jewish people.
The Hidden Jew as Critic
Did John Simon’s origins inform his idiosyncratic opinions?
When the New York City Bagel-Bakers’ Union Took on the Mafia—and Won
An even greater threat came from the mechanical bagel roller.