While Palestinian Demographics Follow Western Trends, Israelis Continue to Buck Them
There is no demographic time bomb.
July 12, 2021
A Belgian’s Tale of an Encounter with Jews Betrays Incomprehension and Bigotry Lurking Beneath Empathy
What friendship?
In 1987, J.S. Margot, then a student at Antwerp University, got a job as a tutor for the four children of a family of devout Jews, and remained in contact with the family even after her six-year-long tutoring stint came to an end. Margot draws on this encounter in her award-winning memoir Mazel Tov: The Story of My Extraordinary Friendship with an Orthodox Jewish Family, which has recently been translated into English, and several other languages. Liam Hoare finds the book “artfully” written, but lacking in the “empathy” for which it has praised:
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Explaining China’s Turn against Israel
Courting Iran while distracting from the brutalization of Uighurs.
A Belgian’s Tale of an Encounter with Jews Betrays Incomprehension and Bigotry Lurking Beneath Empathy
What friendship?
In the Netherlands, Euthanasia Has Ceased to Be Voluntary
From the terminally ill, to the mentally ill, to babies.
The 18th-Century Italian Jewish Doctor Who Treated Christians During a Pandemic and Won the Approval of a Future Pope
His medical school had a special diploma for Jewish students.