Lessons, and Myths, of the Struggle for Soviet Jewry
What moved the USSR was that persecuting Jews became very expensive.
April 4, 2019
Israel’s Unfailing Commitment to Bring Its Soldiers, and Their Remains, Home to Their Families
Zachary Baumel, and the others.
Yesterday, the news broke that the remains of the IDF soldier Zachary Baumel—declared missing-in-action in 1982 during the First Lebanon War—have been returned to Israel. While Baumel has long been presumed dead, his name is well known to Israelis, who do not easily forget those who have been captured or gone missing while defending their country. The IDF even employs a special unit, known as EITAN, to find them, and it investigates cases going all the way back to the Jewish state’s first war. Matti Friedman, writing before the return of Baumel’s corpse, describes the unit’s operations:
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Israel’s Unfailing Commitment to Bring Its Soldiers, and Their Remains, Home to Their Families
Zachary Baumel, and the others.
Gradual Improvements, Not Territorial Concessions, Are the Way Forward in the Israel-Palestinian Conflict
Make life better for Palestinians without replicating the mistakes of Gaza.
How a 16th-Century Italian Earthquake Led a Jew to the Renaissance
Azariah de’ Rossi, Modern Orthodox rabbi?
A Day Consulting Hollywood Producers about Traditional Jewish Dress
Ḥasidic hats for The Frisco Kid.