The U.S. Is Considering an Ill-Advised, and Possibly Illegal, Deal with Iran
Congress can still stop it.
June 29, 2023
How a Latvian Parliamentarian Rescued a Lubavitcher Rebbe from the Soviet Union
Playing hardball.
In the wake of the Bolshevik takeover of Russia, most of the country’s ḥasidic courts quickly emigrated and sought to re-establish themselves elsewhere. The rebbe of the Chabad-Lubavitch Ḥasidim, Joseph Isaac Schneersohn, insisted however in remaining—despite the increasing repression of religion. In 1927, Schneersohn was arrested as part of a broader crackdown. Dovid Margolin tells the story of a Latvian parliamentarian who helped obtain the rebbe’s release, and his emigration from the Soviet Union:
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Israeli Protestors’ Excesses Threaten to Create Chaos
What’s sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
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A gratuitous swipe at the Jewish state.
Martin Heidegger’s Family Spent Decades Distorting His Work to Cover Up His Anti-Semitism
The philosopher believed the Jews were guilty of “self-annihilation.”
How a Latvian Parliamentarian Rescued a Lubavitcher Rebbe from the Soviet Union
Playing hardball.