Adelson Is Right About Trump’s pro-Israel Credentials
Michael Steinhardt’s secretary called me one morning in December with a question. Did I know how to get in touch with Donald Trump? Why, I asked, does Michael want to get in touch with...
A New Study of Eichmann and the Origins of Evil Shows Why Radicals Like...
Colaboration: Jaime Murrow
After 50 years of controversy, and many paperback editions, Hannah Arendt’s Eichmann in Jerusalem has now been consigned to the dustbin of history. The final nail in the coffin of Arendt’s thesis is...
Rabbi Zushe Yosef Blech, Z”l
Rabbi Zushe Yosef Blech, z”l, widely recognized as one of the world’s leading experts on kashrus issues in modern food production and technology, was niftar suddenly Erev Shabbos, 3 Shevat. He was in his mid 60s.
For decades, Rabbi Blech...
Israel Is Beginning to Eat Its Own
After nearly five months of continuous violence, Israel finally seems to have lost its nerve.
Although Israelis have encountered far more serious periods of conflict with Palestinians in the past, the current era of stabbings...
“Rabin, the Last Day”. A documentary.
Rabin, The Last Day, Amos Gitai’s sprawling, scarific two-and-a-half-hour quasi-documentary on the November 1995 assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin by a young religious fanatic, Yigal Amir, after the signing of the Oslo Accords,...
Reminder for This Sunday – Yiddish Cultural Event in LA
It was special and influential-- find out why.
A CENTURY OF YIDDISH THEATER MUSIC
- A Fascinating History -
Yiddish Theater started in Europe and swiftly became a creative arena for immigrant Jews in...
New Pentagon leader Esper faces steadily rising tensions with Iran
After more than six months without a permanent U.S. Secretary of Defense, Mark Esper, who previously served as acting U.S. Defense Secretary and U.S. Secretary of the Army, was confirmed on Tuesday to lead...
The Key to Bernie Sanders’s Appeal Isn’t Socialism. It’s Yiddish
At a rally last October, Remaz Abdelgader — a hijab-wearing Muslim, a senior at George Mason University and the daughter of Sudanese immigrants — stood to ask Bernie Sanders a question.
She started by referring...
Ted Cruz full speech: God Bless AIPAC, Palestine Hasn’t Existed Since 1948
Speaking to AIPAC, Ted Cruz began by saying "God bless AIPAC, I am thrilled to be here today. Palestine has not existed since 1948."
Invoking the story of Purim, Cruz said that it "tells the miraculous...
Palestinians removed from greece flight after israeli passenger protest
Two Israeli passengers of Palestinian-Arab descent were removed from an Aegean Airlines flight from Athens to Tel Aviv on Sunday, after a group of Israelis protested their presence on the plane and repeatedly called...