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The Pessin Affair
Salem on the Thames: Moral Panic, Anti-Zionism, and the Triumph of Hate Speech at Connecticut College. Richard Landes. Published by Academic Studies Press, 2020. 32.95 pp.218
At Connecticut College, in the Spring of 2015, Andrew...
Francesca Albanese celebrates rabbis in her own anti-Israel image
Early on in the Mishnah in Chapters of the Fathers, Joshua ben Prachiya instructs readers to “Make a rabbi for yourself, acquire a friend and judge everyone favorably.” Francesca Albanese, the U.N. special rapporteur...
IDF major KIA in Gaza, bringing the military’s death toll to 783
An Israel Defense Forces reservist was killed fighting Hamas terrorists in the northern Gaza Strip, the military announced on Monday evening.
IDF Maj. (res.) Itamar Levin Fridman, 34, from the Red Sea city of Eilat,...
Trump nominates Stefanik for UN envoy role
President-elect Donald Trump on Monday nominated Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), chair of the House Republican Conference, to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations in his upcoming administration.
“I am honored to nominate Chairwoman Elise...
Netanyahu lawyers seek to delay his corruption trial testimony
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's lawyers on Sunday requested that the Jerusalem District Court postpone his trial testimony until March 2025.
In July, the court set Dec. 2 as the start date for Netanyahu's testimony...
‘Fake news’ behind criminal probes into PMO, says Netanyahu
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday night slammed the "media's fake news" as being responsible for the mounting probes into alleged misconduct by officials in his office.
"In recent days, my office has been subjected to wild and...
Leonid Pasternak, Father of Boris, Wrestled with his Jewishness
Leonid Pasternak, a painter and professor at the Moscow College of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, a master of portraiture and book illustrations, went down in history in the shadow of his son Boris, a...
Israel reacts to Trump’s victory
Israelis this morning woke up to the news of Donald Trump’s victory in the U.S. presidential election and breathed a collective sigh of relief.
They’ll soon find out if their high hopes are valid or...
Trying to decipher the next president’s Mideast policy
What do we know about the next president’s Middle East policy? Not much.
While we may not yet know the outcome of the presidential election as you read this, one thing is clear: The future...
Netanyahu among first leaders to call Trump following election win
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke with Donald Trump on Wednesday, becoming one of the first world leaders to congratulate the U.S. president-elect.
Wednesday morning's phone conversation, which lasted some 20 minutes, was described as...