What’s Behind the Palestinian Authority’s “Pay-for-Slay” Policy
Encouraging small-scale terrorism while keeping large-scale terrorism under control.
March 21, 2017
Is Pope Francis Using Anti-Semitic Imagery in Criticizing His Opponents?
Too many authoritative Christian voices have greeted anti-Jewish rhetoric with silence, excuses, or applause.
In a recent letter to the pope, Rabbi Giuseppe Laras—the former head of the Italian rabbinic assembly and an important figure in Jewish-Catholic dialogue—called the pontiff to task for the presence in his preaching of “an undercurrent . . . of resentment, intolerance, and annoyance on the Christian side toward Judaism, a substantial distrust of the Bible, and a subsequent minimization of the Jewish biblical roots of Christianity.” Matthew Schmitz explains:
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Israel Pushes the Envelope in Syria
An airstrike against Hizballah triggers Syrian missiles and Russian ire.
Neil Gorsuch Will Likely Restore Religious Freedom to Its Rightful Place
A more expansive vision than Antonin Scalia’s.
Is Pope Francis Using Anti-Semitic Imagery in Criticizing His Opponents?
Too many authoritative Christian voices have greeted anti-Jewish rhetoric with silence, excuses, or applause.
Daniel Deronda, Conservative Hero
A novel for our times, and an exposition “more gripping than anything on Netflix.”