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October 14, 2015

Is Russian Anti-Semitism in Decline?

Only on the surface.

Recently returned from studying in Russia, Miriam Pollock tries to make sense of the paradoxical attitudes she encountered toward Jews. On the one hand, unflattering jokes, caricatures, and so forth are widespread; on the other hand, both Jews and non-Jews deny there is anti-Semitism in Russia, anti-Semitic violence is relatively rare (especially in comparison with the Russia of a century ago), and there is little evidence of discrimination, Nevertheless, there are real grounds for worry:

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October 14, 2015

  1. The False Assumptions of American Policy in the Middle East

    Solving the Israel-Palestinian conflict won’t bring regional peace.

  2. Israel’s Jews Are Not on Their Way to Becoming a Minority

    The myth of a demographic time bomb.

  3. Is Russian Anti-Semitism in Decline?

    Only on the surface.

  4. A Yiddish Masterpiece Uncovers the Lives of Ordinary Jews in the Soviet Union

    Moyshe Kulbak’s Zelmenyaners.

  5. Is Conservative Judaism Failing?

    Not at all.