To Face New and Old Threats to Its Security, Israel Can’t Rely on Air Power Alone
The IDF should stick to its traditions of fighting fast, powerful campaigns that lead to clear, unequivocal achievements.
January 5, 2022
Jeremy Corbyn May Be Gone from Britain’s Labor Party, But Anti-Semitism Continues to Flourish
A historian reflects on King George III, the “canceling” of historical figures, and situation of Anglo-Jewry.
In his recent biography of King George III, the English historian Andrew Roberts presents a revisionist history of the last monarch to reign over the thirteen colonies—presenting him as a prudent ruler and even going so far as to dispute some of the charges leveled against him in the Declaration of Independence. After discussing his book with Jonathan Tobin, Roberts goes on to address attitudes toward Jews and Israel in contemporary British politics. He makes the case that anti-Semitism in the UK has grown worse since the Israel-hating leftwing firebrand Jeremy Corbyn lost his position as leader of the Labor party. (Video, 45 minutes. The conversation moves to Jewish topics around the 31-minute mark.)
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Haredi Jewry Confronts Its Own “Me Too” Crisis
Sensitivity to victims cannot dictate everything a society does. But there’s no excuse for ignoring accusations of sexual assault.
Jeremy Corbyn May Be Gone from Britain’s Labor Party, But Anti-Semitism Continues to Flourish
A historian reflects on King George III, the “canceling” of historical figures, and situation of Anglo-Jewry.
Many Countries Had Their Holocaust Collaborators. But Only Romania Had a Holocaust of Its Own
The Bogdanovka massacre.
The Jewish Artisans of Old Morocco
They included rabbis and sages.