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December 11, 2023

Jews Know the Cost of Statelessness and Vulnerability, and Won’t Pay It Again

Back to the city of slaughter.

Reading the news, and watching the videos of the events of October 7 from Jerusalem, Daniel Kane was reminded of Hayyim Nahman Bialik’s famous poem of the Kishinev Pogrom, “In the City of Slaughter,” and the long history of Jewish vulnerability. With this in mind, Kane reflects on Israeli society’s response to the same events, which he has witnessed in the weeks since:

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December 11, 2023

  1. How the “New York Times” Misunderstands Israel’s Intelligence Failure

    What can an army do about a warning?

  2. Tolerance for Anti-Semitism Could Cost Universities Federal Funding

    Invoking Title VI.

  3. Jews Know the Cost of Statelessness and Vulnerability, and Won’t Pay It Again

    Back to the city of slaughter.

  4. Ben Jonson on the Power and Frustration of Prayer

    “To Heaven.”

  5. Ancient Roof Tiles Are Evidence of the Syrian-Greek Occupation of Judea

    Lessons from ceramic shards.