Iran’s Hostage Diplomacy
“A business model,” and a successful one.
August 14, 2025
Building a New Jewish Community in Sparta, North Carolina
Blue Ridge Mountain Jews.
In America, Orthodox Jews overwhelmingly prefer to live in places where there are Jewish schools, at least one synagogue in walking distance to their homes, a mikveh, and readily available kosher food. If possible, they would prefer a selection of kosher restaurants, a kosher grocery store, an eruv (an elaborate legal fiction that allows for carrying outdoors on Shabbat), and other amenities. Observant Jews have therefore been increasingly concentrated in major urban areas. But Yudi Gross, an Orthodox investor, encouraged by a local observant real-estate agent named Aimee Greenfield, recently decided to change that by purchasing a yet-to-be-built housing development in North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains. Gabby Deutsch writes:
August 14, 2025
To Maintain Its Status as a Problem Solver, Qatar Ensures Problems Continue
How an exporter of terror became an indispensable mediator.
If Israel Isn’t Guilty of a Crime, the Law Must Be Changed
International organizations shred their credibility to point the finger at the Jewish state.
Building a New Jewish Community in Sparta, North Carolina
Blue Ridge Mountain Jews.
Moses and David Led the Jewish People in Very Different Ways
Faith versus self-reliance.