Israel’s Friendship with Iraqi Kurds, and Why Iran Opposes It
When anti-Kurdish and anti-Jewish bigotry intersect.
June 6, 2023
A Christian Child Taken from His Parents, and the Fate of Modern Egypt
His name is Shenouda.
In 1858, papal authorities in Bologna kidnapped a seven-year-old Jewish boy named Edgardo Mortara, on the grounds that—since a Catholic nanny had baptized him—he was, according to canon law, a Catholic. Not very different is the case of Shenouda Farouk Bolous, who was found as an infant in an Egyptian church in 2018, and given by a Coptic priest to a childless couple in his congregation. Samuel Tadros explains what followed:
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Where It Matters Most, the National Anti-Semitism Strategy Drops the Ball
Silence about anti-Zionism, and violence against Ḥaredim.
A Christian Child Taken from His Parents, and the Fate of Modern Egypt
His name is Shenouda.
The Legacy of the French War Hero Who Betrayed His Country and Its Jews
Philippe Pétain on trial.
A World-Champion Marathoner again Chooses the Sabbath over Athletic Glory
Beatie Deutsch’s chariot of fire.