A TV Drama about a Notorious Terrorist Obscures the Truth about Iran, the PLO, and Lebanon
Ghosts of Beirut.
August 30, 2023
Orthodox Jews’ Principled Case against Anti-Religious Discrimination
More than a practical campaign to reduce the costs of education.
In 1961, a prominent American Orthodox activist named Moshe Sherer testified at a congressional hearing in favor of legislation that would grant federal funds to religious as well as secular private schools. By doing so, he broke with the mainstream of U.S. Jewish opinion, and the major Jewish advocacy organizations, which have consistently favored the strictest possible application of separation of church and state. His position has since then grown even more popular with Orthodox Jews in America, who must pay significant sums to send their children to religious schools. But, Michael A. Helfand explains, this position is not based solely on pragmatic concerns:
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How the Palestinian Authority Foments Israeli-Arab Unrest
Understanding the 2021 riots.
Orthodox Jews’ Principled Case against Anti-Religious Discrimination
More than a practical campaign to reduce the costs of education.
Two Anti-Semitic Tyrants and One Jewish Family
Hitler, Stalin, Mum and Dad.
The Jews of Cyprus, the Most Israeli of All Diasporas
From the Third Zionist Congress to telecommuting.