The Case against Returning to the Iran Deal
In return for merely postponing its nuclear program, the agreement rewarded Iran extravagantly.
January 26, 2021
A Former Soviet Dissident Observes a Current Russian One
Alexei Navalny doesn’t seek to avoid prison, but to defeat Putin.
After surviving an attempt to poison him—almost certainly the work of the Kremlin’s intelligence agents—the Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny decided to return to his native country from Germany. He was arrested immediately upon his arrival in Moscow, sparking demonstrations across Russia, as well as in Europe. Bari Weiss discusses Navalny’s struggle with Natan Sharansky, who spent nine years in Soviet prisons for the crime of wanting to immigrate to Israel.
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In Attending to Its Oldest and Youngest Members, Israel Chooses Life
A country that expresses reverence for those who come before will seek its own perpetuation.
A Former Soviet Dissident Observes a Current Russian One
Alexei Navalny doesn’t seek to avoid prison, but to defeat Putin.
What Yiddish Letter-Writing Guides Reveal about Jews’ Journey into Modernity
“You have robbed yourself of time and us—our health!”
An Ancient Mosque in Northern Israel May Be the Oldest Unearthed Anywhere
Built near a church, and perhaps a synagogue as well.