The Mossad Didn’t Prove Iran Is Working on a Nuclear Weapon, but That’s Not the Point
Netanyahu has exposed the bankruptcy of the nuclear deal.
May 2, 2018
How Zionism Can Sustain and Revitalize American Jewry
Nationalism as a force for good.
Remarking on the attenuated connection of many American Jews to Judaism and the Jewish people, and the difficulties of maintaining a sense of Jewish vibrancy for any but the devout, Gil Troy argues that Zionism itself can be an invigorating and unifying force for American Jewry. Israel’s need for allies in the diaspora, Troy writes, “continues to offer nonreligious American Jews a passionate Jewish cause, a defining Jewish mission in their lives.” Indeed, Zionism can imbue them with feelings of nationalism of the beneficial kind:
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In the Wake of Mass Migration, Germany Struggles to Keep Its Jews Safe
Refugees bring anti-Semitism with them.
How Zionism Can Sustain and Revitalize American Jewry
Nationalism as a force for good.
The First Lag ba-Omer in British-Ruled Jerusalem
A rare photograph.
A New Translation of Isaac Babel’s “Awakening”
A teenaged boy skips his violin lessons.