Chabad of Poland hosts summer retreat for 200 Ukrainian Jewish refugees
As the war in Ukraine continues into its third summer, Chabad of Poland hosted more than 200 Jewish Ukrainians, hailing from five communities, for a two-week summer experience focused on allowing children and their...
US report: ‘Security requirements took precedence’ over efficiency in Gaza aid pier
Although the U.S. agency tasked with coordinating the Gazan aid pier had pushed back on the idea, U.S. President Joe Biden announced in his March 7 State of the Union address to Congress that...
Officials call for Iowa driver to change custom ‘M3INKPF’ license plate
At least three complaints to Iowa’s Department of Transportation have resulted in an official request for the owner to change a license plate with characters resembling the title of Adolf Hitler’s autobiography.
The Des Moines Register reported on Tuesday...
Tehran holds its fire
For weeks, Israelis have been “bracing” themselves—as headline writers like to put it—for a new wave of attacks from Iran’s rulers. Following the July 31 assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in a well-guarded...
Seductions of Immortality: A Core Obstacle to Israel’s Survival
In the final analysis, Israel faces existential threats not because of multiplying enemy weapons or strategies, but on account of adversarial death fears. Among other things, this means that Islamist Iran and its assorted...
Teen trip to Poland, Israel puts young leaders face to face with Jewish history
Twenty-five Jewish teens from around the world traveled through Poland and Israel this summer as part of a CTeen Heritage Quest designed to connect young Jews with their history and traditions.
The group visited significant...
Why is it taking so long to destroy Hamas?
After 10 months of fighting, many ask why Hamas has not yet been destroyed and Israel’s war objectives have yet to be fully realized.
At the beginning of the war, some in the defense establishment...
Irony and imagination: Israel’s unseen path to survival
Louis René Beres (Ph.D., Princeton, 1971)
Emeritus Professor of International Law
Purdue University
lberes@purdue.edu
Jorge Luis Borges, the late Argentine writer and philosopher, sometimes identified himself as a Jew. Though lacking any basis in Halacha, he still felt...
Canada draws criticism for ignoring local Jew-hatred, condemning it abroad
The Canadian government condemned the Saturday bombing outside the Beth Yaakov synagogue in the seaside resort town of La Grande-Motte in southern France.
The attack “is a reminder that antisemitism is not a relic of the past—it...
‘Never see anything like that again,’ Rabbi Michael Beals says of Biden’s support of...
U.S. President Joe Biden lingered on stage as Chicago’s United Center quickly emptied on the first day of the Democratic National Convention. It was past midnight in the Windy City, and the president, whose...