The U.S. Must Avoid Two Traps in the Middle East—and Neither Is about Gaza
The dangers of negotiation-mania over Palestinian statehood and Iranian nuclear weapons.
February 18, 2025
Jews in the Age of Lincoln
The first president to think of Jews as a political force.
Last Wednesday was Abraham Lincoln’s birthday, and yesterday was Presidents’ Day, and thus I offer you this fascinating discussion with Jonathan Sarna—the foremost historian of American Jewry and the co-author of a book on Lincoln and the Jews. Sarna, in conversation with Nachi Weinstein, addresses the great president’s Jewish advisers and his defense of the Jews of Tennessee, and explains that Lincoln was active in an era when Jews were first coming into their own as a force in American politics. Indeed, Lincoln may have been the first U.S. politician to think seriously about the Jewish vote. (Audio, 67 minutes.)
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Agam Berger’s Biblical Heroism in Hamas Captivity
Like Daniel, one hostage defied her captors to observe the Sabbath and kashrut.
How the Cult of Anti-Colonialism Became Canada’s National Liturgy
And why that leads to demonizing Israel.
Jews in the Age of Lincoln
The first president to think of Jews as a political force.
Pre-War Germany’s Most Beloved Jewish Artist
Walter Trier: cartoonist, illustrator of children’s books, and anti-Nazi propagandist.