To Save Lebanon, It’s Necessary to Undermine Hizballah
With Hizballah’s guns trained on the Lebanese people, efforts to promote democracy and reform will hit a wall.
August 30, 2021
How Yehuda Zeitoun Became the Face of 20th-Century Tunisian Jewry
A photogenic rabbi of many talents.
In 1903, the German photographer and adventurer Rudolf Franz Lehnert came to Tunisia, where he set about documenting local life on camera, including that of the country’s ancient Jewish community. He then marketed many of his photographs as postcards. Nati Gabbay noticed that the same person shows up on many of these souvenirs, often as a rabbi but sometimes as a goldsmith or moneychanger:
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Poland’s New Restitution Law Isn’t about Property, but Rewriting History
Transforming the Shoah from a Jewish trauma to a Polish one.
Israel’s Ambassador to Britain Talks about Judaism, Israeli Society, and Diplomacy
Sometimes politics do end at the water’s edge.
Political Sermons Squander a Precious Opportunity to Engage with Judaism
Rabbis are sending the message that religion is simply a lens for politics.
How Yehuda Zeitoun Became the Face of 20th-Century Tunisian Jewry
A photogenic rabbi of many talents.