Explaining the United Arab Emirates’ Recent Meetings with the Leaders of Syria, Israel, and Egypt
A tale of three summits.
March 28, 2022
How Electronic Currency Helps Right-Wing Anti-Semites
Crypto-fascism.
Since 2016, and especially since the notorious 2017 “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, neo-Nazi and extreme-right groups have sought with some success to raise funds in cryptocurrency. These Internet-based forms of money are not backed by national governments, and often come with sophisticated privacy measures, which make them ideal for groups that want to avoid regulation, or that have been banned by credit-card companies and services such as PayPal. Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Varsha Koduvayur, and Samuel Hodgson explain the problem:
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The Middle East Studies Association Boycotts the Middle East
Scholars searching for evidence of their obtuse preconceptions demonstrate their inability to comprehend the region they are called to explain.
How Electronic Currency Helps Right-Wing Anti-Semites
Crypto-fascism.
An Archaeologist Might Have Found the Oldest Known Hebrew Text
A “curse tablet” bearing the name of God.
Understanding the Last of the Great East European Rabbis
Chaim Kanievsky, of blessed memory.