How Fear of an Arab-Axis Alliance Led Britain to Reject the Two-State Solution
Barring the gates of Palestine to Jewish refugees.
June 26, 2020
A Great Jewish Sage’s Sermon on the Six-Day War and the Jews’ Return to History
“A time of greatness.”
Fifty-three years ago, Joseph B. Soloveitchik, one of the outstanding rabbinic minds of the last century, addressed the Rabbinic Council of America on the subject of Israel’s stunning victory in the Six-Day War, just a few weeks prior. In these “tremendous” events, said Soloveitchik—drawing on Genesis 3:8—“we hear the footsteps of the Almighty walking in the historical Garden of Eden.” (Video, 10 minutes.)
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A Great Jewish Sage’s Sermon on the Six-Day War and the Jews’ Return to History
“A time of greatness.”
The U.S. Should Stop Supporting the American University of Beirut
An institution that cultivates neither tolerance nor liberal education.
Isaac Stern: Great Violinist and Devoted Zionist
“The self-assured informality of Israeli audiences in shorts and khaki shirts, score in hand, immediately enchanted him.”
Centuries-Old Jewish Gravestones Discovered at an Austrian Castle
Used to reinforce the walls against Ottoman invasion.