Syria’s Druze Uprising, and What It Means for the Region
After twelve years, the dam has broken.
October 3, 2023
Learning the Right Lessons from the Iraq War
“Contrary to popular imagination, this was no neoconservative cabal.”
One of the few points of general agreement between the American right and left today is that the 2003 invasion of Iraq was a colossal strategic blunder. Yet, Abe Greenwald observes, much of the discussion of the war today is surrounded by “hysteria” that “has made it difficult to look back on the invasion of Iraq with the kind of seriousness that such investigations require.” He finds in Melvyn Leffler’s Confronting Saddam Hussein a much-needed sober evaluation:
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Tel Aviv’s Yom Kippur Disturbance and Israel’s Strained Social Fabric
Losing the ability to compromise.
Learning the Right Lessons from the Iraq War
“Contrary to popular imagination, this was no neoconservative cabal.”
A New Film Explores the American Sabbath
Judaism’s revolutionary contribution.
Silver Torah Finials, and the 18th-Century Artist Who Made Them
The only Jewish silversmith in England.