By Destroying Syria’s Chemical-Weapons Capabilities, Israel Undergirds the Regional Order
And sends several important messages.
December 15, 2021
Why Did a Federal Court Rule That Schools Can Display Christmas Trees, but Not Menorahs?
A possible misreading of precedent, and an assault on common sense.
At a public elementary school in California, the Parent-Teacher Association organized a Christmas-tree lighting; a Jewish parent then asked if she could bring a six-foot inflatable menorah to be positioned alongside the tree. The principal demurred and the issue soon wound up in a federal court, which ruled—based on a 1989 Supreme Court decision—that the school could display the tree, which is a secular symbol, but may not display the menorah, a specifically religious symbol, lest it violate the First Amendment’s establishment clause. Michael A. Helfand examines this counterintuitive finding:
December 15, 2021
An Arabic Guide to Fighting Anti-Semitism
Joined with the cause of freedom.
Why Did a Federal Court Rule That Schools Can Display Christmas Trees, but Not Menorahs?
A possible misreading of precedent, and an assault on common sense.
How Napoleon Transformed the Middle East
Three years of fighting in Egypt and the Land of Israel opened the door for modernity.
Even When the Temple Stood, Jews Needed Synagogues—and in Some Communities, Two of Them
Another ancient synagogue unearthed in Migdal.