The Abraham Accords Withstood Their First Test
Recent fighting has failed to undermine Israel’s new alliances.
June 4, 2021
With Anti-Semitism on the Rise, Theodor Herzl Still Has the Answers
“There are many people with bad manners, but the Jews stand out.”
Reading a biography of Theodor Herzl—the cosmopolitan and assimilated Jew who abandoned a successful career as a journalist when he was seized with a vision of a Jewish state in the Land of Israel—Matti Friedman sees many parallels to the present day. Herzl began his journey to Zionism in the 1890s, when he was confronted by the rising tide of anti-Semitism in Vienna, a city where he spent much of his life. Soon everyone was discussing a “Jewish question,” or perhaps a “Jewish problem.”
June 4, 2021
Palestinian Actions, Not Benjamin Netanyahu, Have Made Israel Averse to Territorial Compromise
Dispelling some myths about the recent developments in Israeli politics.
With Anti-Semitism on the Rise, Theodor Herzl Still Has the Answers
“There are many people with bad manners, but the Jews stand out.”
The Jewish Heroes of the Tulsa Massacre
A bit of light during a dark moment in American history.
A Moroccan-Born Jewish Artist Who Became the Master of a Traditional Artform
The grandfather of micro-drawing.