As a New Round of Fighting Seems Poised to Begin, Palestinians Must Ask Themselves What They Have Gained from Violence
Israel, meanwhile, should discourage lawlessness.
February 21, 2023
A Lost Synagogue Unearthed in Spain
After being converted into a church, a hospital, and then a bar.
In 1492—after a century of massacres and persecution that had already led tens of thousands of Jews to convert to Catholicism or to leave Spain—King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella decreed the expulsion of all Jews who refused to accept the cross. Recently a monument of this vanished Jewish community, once Europe’s largest and most prestigious, has come to light. The Times of Israel reports:
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China’s Middle East Ambitions Go Far Beyond Commerce
Directly and indirectly undermining U.S. dominance, while taking a pro-Palestinian stance.
Iran Shouldn’t Be Allowed to Attack Global Shipping Lanes with Impunity
Don’t ignore the assault on an Israeli-linked oil tanker.
Does Great Literature Need God?
Chekhov, Singer, and the absent ending.
A Lost Synagogue Unearthed in Spain
After being converted into a church, a hospital, and then a bar.