Syria is a Failed Experiment. Why Do Some Still Foolishly Insist on Reattaching the Golan Heights to It?
It never secured for its population either freedom or prosperity.
March 29, 2019
How Capitalism Gave Rise to American Jewish Calendars
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In his early-20th-century memoir of immigration and Americanization, Marcus Ravage notes how much harder it was to keep track of the Jewish holidays in the New World than it was in the Old. But things became easier in the following decades with the advent of mass-produced Jewish calendars that included holidays and other important information. Jenna Weissman Joselit writes:
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France’s Yellow-Vest Protests Have Become a Vehicle for Anti-Semitism
A political combination with a sizable French constituency.
Unnecessary Hysteria about Declining U.S. Support for Israel
There’s no precipitous drop. Nor are Jews leaving the Democratic party.
Harold Bloom’s Anti-Christian, Anti-Jewish, and Anti-Narnia Theory of Fantasy
The anxiety of criticism.
How Capitalism Gave Rise to American Jewish Calendars
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