India Feels the Results of Iran-Backed Terror, and Sides with Israel
And a Hamas leader equates Hinduism with “Zionism.”
December 28, 2023
George Washington’s Other Letter to the Jews
The Jewish story is the American story.
The first American president’s letter to the Jews of Newport is justly celebrated, but it was not the only reply to a Jewish leader he wrote at the time—a testament, Meir Soloveichik, observes, to U.S. Jewry’s characteristic disunity. In his earlier missive to Levi Sheftall of Savannah, Washington evoked “the same wonder-working Deity” who delivered “the Hebrews from their Egyptian Oppressors” and “whose providential agency has lately been conspicuous in establishing these United States.” Soloveichik comments:
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The Syrian Regime Wants to Stay Out of the Gaza War
While its people are dismayed that they never received the sympathy afforded to Palestinians.
Rebuilding the Ruins of Be’eri
A visit to the site of the slaughter.
George Washington’s Other Letter to the Jews
The Jewish story is the American story.
The Jewish Chilean Artist Bringing Rabbinic Wisdom to His Biblical Paintings
Mauricio Avayu and his murals.