Israeli Control of the Jordan Valley Is Good for Jordan
The American plan acknowledges that serving Jerusalem’s security needs also serves those of Amman.
February 3, 2020
Rashida Tlaib Unapologetically Revives a Medieval Anti-Semitic Libel
An Arab boy drowns, and Jews are blamed.
It’s a story all too familiar from European history, from 12th-century England to 20th-century Russia: a non-Jewish child goes missing or is found dead, and what is in fact a tragic accident is blamed on the Jews. Mob violence ensues. A week ago, this familiar pattern repeated itself when an eight-year-old Arab boy went missing in Jerusalem. The next day he was found dead, apparently having drowned in a pond. But by that time, rumors had spread—with help from Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib—that Jews had kidnapped and murdered him. Aaron Kliegman writes:
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Rashida Tlaib Unapologetically Revives a Medieval Anti-Semitic Libel
An Arab boy drowns, and Jews are blamed.
A New Foreign-Policy Think Tank Lines Up a Roster of Israel-Haters
George Soros and Charles Koch team up.
As the Case of the Little Sisters of the Poor Returns to the Supreme Court, Jews Have Reason to Worry
A challenge to cooperation between religious groups and government agencies.
The Boston Rabbi Who Blamed Judaism’s Troubles on an Elaborate Jewish Conspiracy
In the words of Gershom Scholem, “Nonsense based on me!”