Can Haredim Save Zionism by Embracing It?
Combining a sense of Jewish brotherhood with a newfound civic responsibility.
August 24, 2023
The martyrs of York—and what came next.
On the fast of the Ninth of Av, many Ashkenazi congregations recite an elegy “for the martyrs of York,” who were victims of a wave of anti-Semitic violence that swept through Britain following the coronation of Richard I. Recently uncovered evidence suggests that the beleaguered community swiftly recovered from the calamity. Rosa Doherty writes:
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The author of Man’s Search for Meaning attended synagogue regularly.
The martyrs of York—and what came next.
“A couple of inhabitants of New York.”