American Jewish Leaders Should Exercise Prudence When Engaging Israel’s Domestic Debates
More than American Jewry has maintained Israel, Israel has maintained American Jewry.
February 13, 2023
In Portugal, an Invitation for the Descendants of Expelled Jews to Return Became the Basis of an Anti-Semitic Campaign
Abetted by the police.
In 1496, King Manuel I of Portugal decreed that his Jewish subjects—who numbered in the tens of thousands—must either convert or leave. In 2015, the country passed a law extending citizenship to Jews who could demonstrate descent from expellees. The law, however, prompted a wave of accusations against those who took advantage of it, tinged with no small amount of anti-Semitism. David Isaac explains:
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Why Syria Remains in Chaos
And why Iran is running out of funds to prop up Bashar al-Assad.
France’s Chief Rabbi Brokered a Compromise between Michel Houellebecq and Muslim Leaders
A novelist, a rabbi, and an imam walk into a courtroom.
In Portugal, an Invitation for the Descendants of Expelled Jews to Return Became the Basis of an Anti-Semitic Campaign
Abetted by the police.
How Art Museums Distort Jewish Culture, and Downplay Anti-Semitism
Catholics fare little better.