Israel Returns to Africa
“A source of inspiration that teaches us what man can do in a short span of time.”
September 2, 2021
How a CNN Series Distorted Jerusalem’s History
Jordan shelled West Jerusalem—and somehow Arabs were the real victims?
This summer, the influential cable news network aired a six-part series on the city of Jerusalem, with each episode focusing on a different conflict—from biblical times to the Six-Day War. David Litman writes that the first five episodes were “seriously marred by factual inaccuracies and one-sided narratives omitting vital information. Many of the ‘experts’ featured in the series have clear histories of anti-Israel activism and partisanship.” Even more egregious was the treatment of the 1967 war in the finale:
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The Ingathering of Exiles Is Central to the Mission of the Jewish State
A strong and prosperous Israel is not an end in itself.
How a CNN Series Distorted Jerusalem’s History
Jordan shelled West Jerusalem—and somehow Arabs were the real victims?
An Atheist Rabbi May Make a Good University Chaplain, but His Secular Humanist Vision Is Unlikely to Be Sustainable
Godlessness and man at Harvard.
Was the Mysterious Home of the Dead Sea Scrolls a Place for an Annual Gathering, Rather Than the Home of an Isolated Community?
A new theory about Qumran.