The Arab Press Blames Iran Rather Than Israel for Gaza’s Woes
In the Persian Gulf, skepticism of the Palestinian narrative.
August 10, 2022
After Three Decades of Relative Security, Something Has Changed for Russian Jews
“From every perspective, it’s better for Jews not to be in Russia.”
Writing of Vladimir Putin’s “warm and conciliatory gestures” toward the Jewish state in 2016, Arthur Herman noted that “Israel was the first foreign country he visited after his re-accession to the Russian presidency in 2012, going so far as to don a kippah on his visit to the Western Wall in the company of Berel Lazar, Russia’s chief rabbi.” Such behavior would have been unimaginable from any of the tsars or party secretaries who preceded Putin. But now, with increasing chilliness between Moscow and Jerusalem and the Russian government’s attempt to close the Jewish Agency, something seems to have changed. Avital Chizhik-Goldschmidt—whose father-in-law, the chief rabbi of Moscow, recently fled the country because of his criticism of the war on Ukraine—comments:
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The Secular Zionist Who Insisted on Mourning the Destruction of the Temples—Even in the Land of Israel
Berl Katznelson’s defense of the Jewish calendar.
After Three Decades of Relative Security, Something Has Changed for Russian Jews
“From every perspective, it’s better for Jews not to be in Russia.”
Reconstructing the High Priest’s Palace
Two stories, seven mosaics, and eight mikvehs.
In Defense of the Synagogue
What happens when you outgrow the organization for young professionals?