How the U.S. Can Use Iran’s Economy to Pressure Its Government
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December 27, 2022
If you can’t worship safely because of the threat of violence, how can you be free to practice your religion?
Since 2018, there have been three violent attacks on worshippers at American synagogues; numerous others were attempted, threatened, or successfully foiled by law enforcement. Under these circumstances, Jewish communities have adopted various protective measures, including arming themselves. State laws in Maryland and New York, however, specifically prohibit carrying weapons in houses of prayer. Stuart Halpern and Tevi Troy argue against such regulations:
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If you can’t worship safely because of the threat of violence, how can you be free to practice your religion?
The exiles from Judah clung to the conviction that it was their own God who had brought humanity into being.
An exhibit includes a 16th-century Yiddish version of a Latin anatomy textbook.