If Palestinian Leaders Want Peace, They Should Stop Making War
The Bob Newhart peace plan.
September 20, 2018
Why the Hebrew Revival Succeeded While the Attempted Revival of Ancient Iranian Failed
A Russian Jew and an Indian Zoroastrian.
Born to a Zoroastrian (or Parsee) family in India, Manekji Limji Hataria (1813-1890) dedicated most of his life to improving the circumstances of his coreligionists in both India and Iran, advocating for their civil rights and trying to ameliorate widespread poverty and illiteracy. But another cause close to his heart was the revival of the pre-Islamic Persian language—a language related to, but very different from, modern Farsi—in which ancient Zoroastrian religious texts, as well as an impressive literary corpus, are written. Hataria’s efforts roughly coincided with those of Eliezer Ben-Yehudah (1858-1922), who contributed more than anyone to the creation of modern Hebrew. Sara Molaie compares their efforts, and contrasts Ben-Yehudah’s success with Hataria’s ultimate failure:
September 20, 2018
By Meeting with His Former Iranian Counterpart, John Kerry Undermined U.S. Policy and Encouraged Terror and Repression
Shadow diplomacy.
When You Can’t Blame the Jews, Blame the Settlers
What HBO gets wrong about the Israel-Palestinian conflict.
Why the Hebrew Revival Succeeded While the Attempted Revival of Ancient Iranian Failed
A Russian Jew and an Indian Zoroastrian.
The Beatles, the Yom Kippur War, and a Song Still Beloved by Israeli Soldiers
Naomi Shemer’s “Let It Be.”