Mahmoud Abbas’s Outburst in Berlin Highlights a German Problem
Germany preaches about the importance of memorializing the Holocaust while turning a blind eye to Palestinian anti-Semitism.
August 23, 2022
Expressions of Support for Salman Rushdie Conceal Shaky Commitments to Freedom of Speech
Terrorism works.
After the near-fatal stabbing of the novelist Salman Rushdie—prompted by a religious edict issued by the Iranian government—there was an outpouring of sympathy, along with many declarations from the literary world about the sanctity of freedom of speech. But to the Anglo-American writer Lionel Shriver, these declarations tend to “fall sneakily flat.” She explains why:
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Leonard Cohen, the Yom Kippur War, and What the West Gets Wrong about the Recent Flare-Up in Gaza
Singing at the frontlines.
Expressions of Support for Salman Rushdie Conceal Shaky Commitments to Freedom of Speech
Terrorism works.
How Jewish Day Schools Can Recruit Children of Skeptical Parents
They succeed most when they feel like home.
Preserving a Jewish Cemetery amid the Yemeni Civil War
Over 160 years of history.